<p>Tunnels, constructions used to shorten transport routes and to improve road safety, are specific engineering structures where the safe operation is very important. Tunnel Traffic &amp; Operation Simulator (Simulator) was created as a solution of research ...

<p>Many traffic tunnels in the European Union need records of their conservation and safety status, including fire performance. Besides other countries the German road transport authorities plan to enhance the safety of their tunnels. As an example, the results ...

This report provides information on the state of the practice of design fires in road tunnels, focusing on tunnel fire dynamics and the means of fire management for design guidance.

<p>The state of art of tunnel earthquake damages and tunnel earthquake damage mechanism are briefly introduced in this paper. According to tunnel&rsquo;s traffic function and damage descriptions based on the investigation, tunnel damages are divided into five ...