Modellierung von Tunnelbränden - Kopplung von Fluid und Struktur

Modeling tunnel fires - Coupling of fluid and structure

The current technology allows the coupling of the temperature-dependent heat transfer mechanisms in case of fire within the structural components and at their surface by means of computational fluid dynamics (CFD). In this paper the thermal coupling of a fluid and a solid region in case of a 100 MW tunnel fire caused by a truck was carried out with CFD. The transient fire simulations were performed with the CFD program ANSYS Fluent. The fire was modeled by the combustion of n-heptane (C7H16) using the eddy dissipation model.
The fluid and the solid region were coupled by an interface. The unsteady heat conduction for the 0.4 m thick concrete structure is modeled by using the Fourier heat transfer equation. The transient thermal behavior of quartz containing concrete component was analyzed. Temperature-dependent material properties were considered.