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3. Different ventilation schemes
3.1 Principle
As seen in section 1.5 , the basic strategy for smoke extraction is to push all the smoke in one direction and extract it from the tunnel at a point which must be less than 800 m from the fire. To repel all the smoke, a longitudinal air current, known as a "sweep", is set...
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Bibliography
Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Railway applications – Dockside systems - NF EN 17168 - 07-21
- Railway rolling stock – Fire behavior – Choice of materials - NF F16-101 - 10-88
- Railway rolling stock – Fire behavior – Choice of materials, application to electrical equipment - NF F16-102 - 04-92
- Railway rolling stock – Fire protection and fire-fighting. Constructive measures - NF F16-103 - 07-89
- Railway applications – Fire...
Regulations
Law no. 82-1153 of December 30, 1982 on the orientation of domestic transport.
Law no. 85-704 of July 12, 1985 on public contracting and its relationship with private contractors (repealed by Order no. 2018-1074 of November 26, 2018 and incorporated into the French Public Order Code, articles L. 2410-1 to L. 2432-2 and R. 2412-1 to R. 2432-7).
Law no. 2002-3 of January 3, 2002...
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