Keynote Speakers
Chair: Ulf Wickström, SP, Sweden
The use of CFD-FDS modeling for establishing performance criteria for water mist systems for very large fires in tunnels
Jack Mawhinney, Hughes Associates Inc., USA
Active and passive fire protection - which way should we go?
Alfred Haack, STUVA, German
Active fire protection
Chair: Jack Mawhinney, Hughes Associates Inc., USA
Full-scale fire testing for road tunnel applications - evaluation of acceptable fire protection performance
Maarit Tuomisaari, Marioff Corporation Oy, Finland
Road tunnel protection by water mist systems - Implication of full scale fire test into a real projct.
Stefan Kratzmeir, FOGTEC Fire Protection, Germany
Use of water mist sprays for firefighting in tunnels: test results at scale 1/3.
Eric Cesmat (CSTB), Xavier Ponticq (CETU), Jean-Pierre Vantelon (CNRS) & Bruno Brousse
Hotfoam: Fire suppression and structure protection for cargo train tunnels.
Anders Lönnermark, SP Fire Technology, Sweden,
Peter Kristensen & Mats Helltegen, Svenska Skum AB, Magnus Bobert, SP Fire Technology, Sweden
Reliability and availability of fire detection systems in road tunnels.
Stefan Bruegger, Securiton, Switzerland
International road tunnel fire detection research project.
Kathleen Almand, The Fire Protection Research Founda
tion, USA
Passive fire protection
Chair: Alfred Haack, STUVA, Germany
Influence of polypropene fibres on fire spalling and material properties of concrete
Robert Jansson & Lars Boström, SP Fire Technology, Sweden
Safety doors in the world’s longest tunnel – Test experience from selected prototypes.
Volker Wetzig, VSH Hagerbach Test Gallery Ltd., Switzerland
Making tunnels safer
Kees Both, Effectis Nederland BV, The Netherlands
Fire Fighting
Chair: Haukur Ingason, SP, Sweden
Fire fighting access – A probabilistic approach.
Jimmy Jönsson, Ove Arup & Partners SA, Spain
Incident management in a very long railway tunnel.
Christof Neumann, Rudolf Bopp, Gerhard Harer, Manuel Burghart, Josef Koinig, ILF Consulting Engineers, Austria