efficiently.

Solid curtains which are released from the tunnel ceiling at the time of fire can prevent the smoke from further spread in the tunnel. The main issue with
the traditional straight shape curtains is that there is no guarantee for providing a complete safe environment as enough visibility, temperature, and smoke
concentration for the people at the region where the smoke is trapped behind the curtain. This paper introduces an idea to make a modification of the straight
curtain shape to be L-shape and to use it at a location close to the smoke extraction vent. Results showed that in the case of straight curtain, part of the smoke
moves downward after hitting the curtain and then diffuses at low elevations. On the other hand, the L-shape curtain redirects the smoke stream moving downward
about 90◦ before being captured by the smoke extraction vent. The L-shape curtain increased the visibility and provided lower temperatures and smoke
concentration compared with the straight curtain shape. Moreover, L-shape