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Determining the fire resistance of the Maastunnel with a mobile oven

 Determining the fire resistance of the Maastunnel with a mobile oven
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Presented at IABSE Conference: Assessment, Upgrading and Refurbishment of Infrastructures, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6-8 May 2013, published in , pp. 114-115
DOI: 10.2749/222137813806474444
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The Maastunnel in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) is the world’s oldest immersed concrete tunnel. Today’s increasing fire safety regulations require that both new and existing tunnels should reach high...
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Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Conference: Assessment, Upgrading and Refurbishment of Infrastructures, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6-8 May 2013
Published in:
Page(s): 114-115 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 114-115
Total no. of pages: 8
Year: 2013
DOI: 10.2749/222137813806474444
Abstract:

The Maastunnel in Rotterdam (the Netherlands) is the world’s oldest immersed concrete tunnel. Today’s increasing fire safety regulations require that both new and existing tunnels should reach high requirements on structural concrete integrity when exposed to extreme fire conditions.

A new mobile furnace has been used to execute in-situ tests with the ISO fire curve as well as the EC tunnel fire (RWS fire curve) on the existing Maastunnel in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

This paper shows the use of the new furnace and the results of the EC tunnel fire and interpretations of the tests. Special attention is given to the effectiveness of the ancient structural fire protection with Chamotte tiles as a heat resistant layer. It will be shown that the mobile furnace gives important information about the concrete spalling behaviour in existing tunnels, which is crucial to prove for owners, engineers, authorities and advisors.

Keywords:
immersed tunnel fire resistance tunnel safety Mobile furnace RWS fire curve EC fire curve The Maastunnel Chamotte

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