

In this article, we present the thermal parameters of reinforced concrete tunnel lining materials and their changes during fire exposure. After describing the material properties, we present a test method to investigate the heating of reinforced concrete tunnel linings. As the presented method can only be considered as partially standard, we validate it on the basis of the available literature and our Excel program based on the presented theory. During the validation, it has been demonstrated that the method is suitable for solving practical professional tasks and that it is able to provide sufficiently accurate results. Since the results presented can be used not only for design purposes but also as an initial step in fire diagnostics to determine the extent of damage in fire-loaded tunnel walls, we also construct novel curves for the analysis of reinforced concrete walls, which can be used effectively for fire curves with cooling phase, where the accumulated temperature inside the wall further heats the zones inside and further residual strength loss may occur due to chemical processes in the zones. Based on the results of the model presented in this paper, designers can take into account the changes in the temperature distribution of the reinforced concrete tunnel wall, which have a decisive influence on the evolution of the internal forces due to external influences, and can calculate the magnitude of the stresses due to inhibited thermal expansion by using approximate models.