In Korea, about 70% of the terrain is mountainous, so road tunnels are widely used as the most useful method for straightening and speeding up. According to data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, as of 2010, the total number of road tunnels in Korea was 1,332 places, and the total length was 945 km, whereas in 2020, the total length of 2,742 places was 2,157 km and the number of tunnels are steadily increasing. As a result, social anxiety is rising as the number of largescale fire accidents in tunnels such as Samae 2 Tunnel (2020) (Figure 1) and Sangju Tunnel (2015) (Figure 2) is increasing in korea.
According to Traffic Accident Analysis System data, traffic accidents in tunnels have been increasing for the past 5 years due to the effect of tunnel extension (Figure 3). As the tunnel extension continues to increase, accidents are also expected to increase.
According to the Korea Expressway Corporation data, the New Austrian Tunneling Method (NATM) accounts for about 93% of the current Korean highway tunnels. (Fig. 4) NATM is a method of construction where lining is not the main support. Since it is structurally stable, even if the lining is damaged by the fire, the risk of collapse is not high, so it is not paying much attention to the tunnel fire resistance. However, as shown in Figure 5, appropriate tunnel fire measures are needed in response to the recent decrease in the ratio of NATM and a series of new construction methods in which lining directly supports the load.
This study aims to analyze an objective method for the risk of fire accidents in road tunnels based on quantitative data such as road tunnel shape, number of accidents, and traffic volume. The fire accident risk analysis system, as described above, it is intended to suggest an optimal road tunnel fire resistance design plan
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2023
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2023
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