Discussing the Need to Manage Uncertainty Relating to Users in Road Tunnel Fire Risk Assessment

Authors

Panagiotis Ntzeremes^*, , Konstantinos Kirytopoulos, Vrassidas Leopoulos

School of Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Str., Athens 15780, Greece

^*Corresponding author. Email: ntzery@mail.ntua.gr; pntzeremes@gmail.com

DOI

10.2991/jracr.k.200507.002How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Fire; risk; safety; tunnel; users; uncertainty

Abstract

Although tunnels provide roads with numerous advantages, they also include significant risks. Especially, fire accidents are the biggest threats. Nowadays, risk assessment has the predominant role for managing tunnel fire safety and users are in the centre of attention. However, existing methods exhibit lack in treating uncertainty stemming from users. This paper aims to discuss current ways of representing tunnel users’ uncertainty as well as to introduce the importance of distinguishing these representations in the wider context of risk assessment.

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© 2020 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Panagiotis Ntzeremes
AU  - Konstantinos Kirytopoulos
AU  - Vrassidas Leopoulos
PY  - 2020
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JO  - Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response
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