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FIRE SAFETY IN UNDERGROUND TUNNELS
Near Teen Haath Naka, Thane (West) 400 604. edition. Upgrading tunnels
Maharashtra, INDIA. requires huge investments;
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EDITORIAL BOARD EDITORIAL

Editor-in-Chief 04
Prof. Dr Vasant Matsagar
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India
Associate Editors PART I : TECHNICAL PAPERS
Prof. Dr Manu Santhanam
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India 07 Fire hazard in tunnels: review, assessment, and mitigation strategies
Prof. Dr Valdir Pignatta e Silva Kodur V.K.R., Bhatt P. P.
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Prof. Dr-Ing Akanshu Sharma
University of Stuttgart, Germany / Behavior of high-density polyethylene fiber reinforced concrete
Purdue University, USA 20 exposed to elevated temperatures of about 220°C
Mr Sunil Bhatt
Head – Customer Service, ACC, India Maheswara Marabathina Rao, Sanjaya K. Patro
Editorial Board Members
Mr Christophe Levy A study on thermo-mechanical behavior of concrete subjected to
Scientific Director, LafargeHolcim 26
Innovation Center Lyon, France thermal cycles
Dr Subramanian Narayanan B. Vidya, K. Srinivasa Rao
Consulting Engineer, Gaithersburg, USA
Dr David Lange
University of Queensland, Australia Mechanical and micro structural studies of fiber reinforced high
Dr Saverio Spadea 37 performance mortar mixtures at elevated temperature
University of Dundee, UK
Shaswat Kumar Das, Sambita Sahoo, Sanjaya Kumar Patro,
Prof. Dr Ghani Razaqpur Syed M. Mustakim
McMaster University, Canada /
Nankai University, China
Prof. Dr Abass Braimah
Vice Chancellor (VC), 45 Case study of fire damaged industrial structure and an experimental
Tamale Technical University, Ghana investigation on structural performance of fire damaged retrofitted
Prof. Dr Esayas Gebre-Youhannes RC beams
Addis Ababa Institute of Technology (AAiT),
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia J. D. Rathod, Pradip S. Chauhan, Vinay R. Anghan
Prof. Dr S. Suriya Prakash
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Hyderabad, India PART I : POINT OF VIEW
Prof. Dr Vistasp Karbhari
The University of Texas at Arlington, USA 53 Numerical modelling of damage in tunnels subjected to fire

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