This report is a literature review which summarizes performed fire and explosion tests in tunnels and underground enclosures. Relevant pictures and graphs have been inserted from the papers reviewed, to illustrate the test settings and the results.
The report also gives a brief introduction to the subject itself. Questions that stillneed to be answered are identified and discussed. Furthermore it includes useful tablesto compare the most common computer modelling and finite element codes AUTODYN, EUROPLEXUS and LS-DYNA used for calculation of blast load and construction response.