Publications

2009 – 2012

All the publications that are created in METRO will be published on this web page. The web page is continuously updated, so keep an eye out for new information. The publications are presented under the following headings; reports, papers, presentations, video and audio, and other publications.

Reports

Fridolf, K. (2010) Fire evacuation in underground transportation systems: a review of accidents and empirical research. Lund: Department of Fire Safety Engineering and Systems Safety, Lund University.

Papers

Fridolf, K., Nilsson, D., and Frantzich, H. (2011) Fire Evacuation in Underground Transportation Systems: A Review of Accidents and Empirical Research. Fire Technology, Available online 5 March 2011 (in press).

Kumm, M. (2010) METRO-project: Protecting transportation infrastructure. Eurotransport Digital News, 3, retreived from http://www.eurotransportmagazine.com/, 19 July 2010.

Presentations

METRO (2011) Presentations at the METRO seminar 2011 (pdf portfolio). Presentations at the METRO seminar in Arvika, Sweden, 13-14 September 2011.

Nilsson, D. (2010) METRO - A research project about fires and explosions in metro systems (underground). Presentation at the International Rail Accident Investigation Conference, 25 November 2010.

Video and Audio

Videos produced in METRO can be found on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/metroprojectse. Some examples of YouTube videos are given below.

METRO (2011) Full-scale fire test in train tunnel, 2011-09-13, Arvika, Sweden.

METRO (2011) Early fire - Full-scale fire test in train tunnel, 2011-09-07, Arvika, Sweden.

METRO (2011) Fully developed fire - Full-scale fire test in train tunnel, 2011-09-07, Arvika, Sweden.

METRO (2011) Pulsation - Full-scale fire test in train tunnel, 2011-09-07, Arvika, Sweden.

METRO (2011) Backlayering - Full-scale fire test in train tunnel, 2011-09-07, Arvika, Sweden.

METRO (2011) Evacuation experiment in a smoke filled tunnel, 2011-05-31, Stockholm, Sweden.

Other Publications

Ljung, S. (2010) Säkrare tunnelbana. [Safer underground] Teknik & Forskning, 3, 19.