WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development
Print ISSN: 1790-5079, E-ISSN: 2224-3496
Volume 12, 2016
Risk Assessment of Dangerous Goods in Road Tunnels
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Abstract: An evaluation of the impact due to vehicles transporting dangerous goods on the risk level in road tunnels is presented. Unidirectional tunnels having characteristics in compliance with the European Directive 2004/54 EC were more especially investigated. Different percentages of dangerous goods vehicles (DGVs) considered as part of freight vehicles were analysed. The results expressed in terms of social risk, as F/N curves, or expected value (EV) show that the risk level increases in a linear way with the percentage of DGVs. However longer tunnels present both higher gradients and major risk levels. These results can help us in getting an understanding whether the circulation through tunnels of DGVs should be free, limited to specific time periods (e.g., by night), or forbidden.
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Pages: 307-313
WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development, ISSN / E-ISSN: 1790-5079 / 2224-3496, Volume 12, 2016, Art. #31