NDLI: Improved resilience of metro vehicle design to blast and fire events

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Bruyelle, J.-L. El Koursi, E.M. O'Neill, C.
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Author affiliation: Tecnalia, San Sebastian, Spain (El Koursi, E.M.) \|\| ESTAS, IFSTTAR, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France (Bruyelle, J.-L.) \|\| NewRail, Newcastle Univ., Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (O'Neill, C.)
Abstract	In the framework of the European FP7 SECUREMETRO project, the authors have studied the occurrences of terrorist attacks against metro trains with the goal to reduce the number of attacks by making transport systems a less attractive target. In addition to the counter-measures already implemented to increase the resilience to terrorism, the SECUREMETRO project adds another layer of countermeasures aimed at mitigating the effects of an attack to the vehicles, should the others fail to prevent it. This work takes into account the identified common attack methodologies and the behavior of the surviving passengers in order to improve the situation management, assist the evacuation of and rescue to survivors. Moreover, technological improvements to the structure and critical systems of the vehicle have been devised and tested in real situation. This paper focuses particularly on the behavior of people in blast situation, and presents the conclusions of the project on these effects and the related design improvements.
Sponsorship	Tunisair
Starting Page	25
Ending Page	29
File Size	200823
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781479903146
e-ISBN	9781479903139
DOI	10.1109/ICAdLT.2013.6568429
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-05-29
Publisher Place	Tunisia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Terrorism Weapons Fires Railway safety Human factors Explosions Security Vehicles Resilience
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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