Heat Transfer in Underground Rail Tunnels

Details Heat Transfer in Underground Rail Tunnels Heat Transfer in Underground Rail Tunnels

2007-09-12

arxiv.org/abs/0709.1748v1

Physics

Fluid Dynamics

31 pages, 12 figures. Elsevier style

Scientific paper

The transfer of heat between the air and surrounding soil in underground tunnels ins investigated, as part of the analysis of environmental conditions in underground rail systems. Using standard turbulent modelling assumptions, flow profiles are obtained in both open tunnels and in the annulus between a tunnel wall and a moving train, from which the heat transfer coefficient between the air and tunnel wall is computed. The radial conduction of heat through the surrounding soil resulting from changes in the temperature of air in the tunnel are determined. An impulse change and an oscillating tunnel air temperature are considered separately. The correlations between fluctuations in heat transfer coefficient and air temperature are found to increase the mean soil temperature. Finally, a model for the coupled evolution of the air and surrounding soil temperature along a tunnel of finite length is given.

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