Human behaviour in road tunnel safety design: evacuation modelling vs Italian Risk Analysis Method (IRAM)
Ronchi, E LU
; Colonna, P
and Berloco, N
(2011)
24th World Road Congress 2011 p.2290-2302
- Abstract
Road tunnel fires are non-recurrent events which have led the researchers to investigate on the best risk analysis methodology. At the moment, the European Directive 2004/54/EC on minimum safety requirements for tunnels in the Trans-European road network gives only general statements. Consequently, practitioners have often difficulties to define the best way to ensure the desired safety conditions inside tunnels. The Directive also gives the designer the possibility to use innovative safety methods and procedures which provide an equivalent or higher level of protection than current technologies. The study of the evacuation process requires the analysis of many factors and processes related to Human Behaviour, such as pre-movement... (More)
Road tunnel fires are non-recurrent events which have led the researchers to investigate on the best risk analysis methodology. At the moment, the European Directive 2004/54/EC on minimum safety requirements for tunnels in the Trans-European road network gives only general statements. Consequently, practitioners have often difficulties to define the best way to ensure the desired safety conditions inside tunnels. The Directive also gives the designer the possibility to use innovative safety methods and procedures which provide an equivalent or higher level of protection than current technologies. The study of the evacuation process requires the analysis of many factors and processes related to Human Behaviour, such as pre-movement times (e.g. reluctance to leave the vehicle), interactions between occupants, interactions between occupants and smoke, herding behaviours, way-finding, etc. IRAM - described in the Italian Guidelines for Road tunnel Safety design of 2009 - as well as a set of well known evacuation models has been analysed, taking into account the way the two methods represent the human behaviour-related factors. Conclusions on the use of the two methodologies are provided, focusing on their strength and weakness. Finally, possible developments and improvements in the two methods are given.
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- Ronchi, E
LU
; Colonna, P
and Berloco, N
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- 2011
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- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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- 24th World Road Congress
- article number
- 356
- pages
- 2290 - 2302
- publisher
- World Road Association (AIPCR/PIARC)
- conference name
- 24th World Road Congress 2011 <br/>
- conference location
- Mexico City, Mexico
- conference dates
- 2011-09-26 - 2011-09-30
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- 9781622768622
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- English
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abstract = {{<br/>Road tunnel fires are non-recurrent events which have led the researchers to investigate on the best risk analysis methodology. At the moment, the European Directive 2004/54/EC on minimum safety requirements for tunnels in the Trans-European road network gives only general statements. Consequently, practitioners have often difficulties to define the best way to ensure the desired safety conditions inside tunnels. The Directive also gives the designer the possibility to use innovative safety methods and procedures which provide an equivalent or higher level of protection than current technologies. The study of the evacuation process requires the analysis of many factors and processes related to Human Behaviour, such as pre-movement times (e.g. reluctance to leave the vehicle), interactions between occupants, interactions between occupants and smoke, herding behaviours, way-finding, etc. IRAM - described in the Italian Guidelines for Road tunnel Safety design of 2009 - as well as a set of well known evacuation models has been analysed, taking into account the way the two methods represent the human behaviour-related factors. Conclusions on the use of the two methodologies are provided, focusing on their strength and weakness. Finally, possible developments and improvements in the two methods are given.<br/><br/>}},
author = {{Ronchi, E and Colonna, P and Berloco, N}},
booktitle = {{24th World Road Congress}},
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language = {{eng}},
pages = {{2290--2302}},
publisher = {{World Road Association (AIPCR/PIARC)}},
title = {{Human behaviour in road tunnel safety design: evacuation modelling vs Italian Risk Analysis Method (IRAM)}},
year = {{2011}},
}