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Fundamentals of Fire Phenomena
James G. Quintiere
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Description for Fundamentals of Fire Phenomena
Hardcover. Understanding fire dynamics and combustion is essential in fire safety engineering and in fire science curricula. Engineers and students involved in fire protection, safety and investigation need to know and predict how fire behaves to be able to implement adequate safety measures and hazard analyses. Num Pages: 460 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: TN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 172 x 31. Weight in Grams: 940.
Understanding fire dynamics and combustion is essential in fire safety engineering and in fire science curricula. Engineers and students involved in fire protection, safety and investigation need to know and predict how fire behaves to be able to implement adequate safety measures and hazard analyses. Fire phenomena encompass everything about the scientific principles behind fire behavior. Combining the principles of chemistry, physics, heat and mass transfer, and fluid dynamics necessary to understand the fundamentals of fire phenomena, this book integrates the subject into a clear discipline:
Understanding fire dynamics and combustion is essential in fire safety engineering and in fire science curricula. Engineers and students involved in fire protection, safety and investigation need to know and predict how fire behaves to be able to implement adequate safety measures and hazard analyses. Fire phenomena encompass everything about the scientific principles behind fire behavior. Combining the principles of chemistry, physics, heat and mass transfer, and fluid dynamics necessary to understand the fundamentals of fire phenomena, this book integrates the subject into a clear discipline:
- Covers thermochemistry including mixtures and chemical reactions;
- Introduces combustion to the fire protection student;
- Discusses ... Read more
- Presents conservation laws for control volumes, including the effects of fire;
- Describes the theoretical bases for empirical aspects of the subject of fire;
- Analyses ignition of liquids and the importance of evaporation including heat and mass transfer;
- Features the stages of fire in compartments, and the role of scale modeling in fire.
Fundamentals of Fire Phenomena is an invaluable reference tool for practising engineers in any aspect of safety or forensic analysis. Fire safety officers, safety practitioners and safety consultants will also find it an excellent resource. In addition, this is a must-have book for senior engineering students and postgraduates studying fire protection and fire aspects of combustion.
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Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
460
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
940g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780470091135
SKU
V9780470091135
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Ref
99-50
About James G. Quintiere
James G. Quintiere, Department of Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-3031, USA Educated as a mechanical engineer, Professor Quintiere received a B.S. degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology (1962), and a M.S. (1966) and Ph.D. (1970) from New York University. His career in fire safety began in 1971 when he joined the National Bureau ... Read more
Reviews for Fundamentals of Fire Phenomena
"... this is an excellent textbook for teaching or learning Fire dynamics!" (Fire Technology, January 2007) "... an excellent textbook for teaching or learning fire dynamics... comprehensive and useful...." (Fire Technology, October 2006)