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SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering

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Editors:
  1. Morgan J. Hurley

    1. Aon Fire Protection Engineering, Greenbelt, USA

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  2. Daniel Gottuk

    1. Hughes Associates, Baltimore, USA

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  3. John R. Hall

    1. National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, USA

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  4. Kazunori Harada

    1. Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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  5. Erica Kuligowski

    1. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA

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  6. Milosh Puchovsky

    1. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, USA

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  7. José Torero

    1. The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia

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  8. John M. Watts

    1. The Fire Safety Institute, Quincy, USA

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  9. Christopher Wieczorek

    1. FM Global, Johnston, USA

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  • The definitive reference on fire protection engineering, now expanded to three volumes
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  • An indispensible source for reliable coverage of fundamentals, fire dynamics, hazard calculations, fire risk analysis, modeling and more
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Table of contents (90 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

    • Bart Merci
    Pages 1-24

  3. Conduction of Heat in Solids

    • Ofodike A. Ezekoye
    Pages 25-52

  4. Convection Heat Transfer

    • Arvind Atreya
    Pages 53-101

  5. Radiation Heat Transfer

    • C. Lautenberger, C. L. Tien, K. Y. Lee, A. J. Stretton
    Pages 102-137

  6. Thermochemistry

    • D. D. Drysdale
    Pages 138-150

  7. Chemical Equilibrium

    • Raymond Friedman
    Pages 151-166

  8. Thermal Decomposition of Polymeric Materials

    • Artur Witkowski, Anna A. Stec, T. Richard Hull
    Pages 167-254

  9. Structural Mechanics

    • Luke A. Bisby
    Pages 255-276

  10. Properties of Building Materials

    • V. K. R. Kodur, T. Z. Harmathy
    Pages 277-324

  11. Chemical Kinetics and Fire

    • Gregory T. Linteris, John F. Griffiths
    Pages 325-349

  12. Diffusion Flames

    • Ali S. Rangwala
    Pages 350-372

  13. Fundamentals of Premixed Flames

    • Grunde Jomaas
    Pages 373-395

  14. Fire Plumes, Flame Height, and Air Entrainment

    • Gunnar Heskestad
    Pages 396-428

  15. Ceiling Jet Flows

    • Ronald L. Alpert
    Pages 429-454

  16. Vent Flows

    • Takeyoshi Tanaka
    Pages 455-485

  17. Effect of Combustion Conditions on Species Production

    • Daniel T. Gottuk, Brian Y. Lattimer
    Pages 486-528

  18. Flammability Limits of Premixed and Diffusion Flames

    • Craig Beyler
    Pages 529-553

  19. Ignition of Liquids

    • D. D. Drysdale
    Pages 554-580

  20. Smoldering Combustion

    • Guillermo Rein
    Pages 581-603
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About this book

Revised and significantly expanded, the fifth edition of this classic work offers both new and substantially updated information. As the definitive reference on fire protection engineering, this book provides thorough treatment of the current best practices in fire protection engineering and performance-based fire safety. Over 130 eminent fire engineers and researchers contributed chapters to the book, representing universities and professional organizations around the world. It remains the indispensible source for reliable coverage of fire safety engineering fundamentals, fire dynamics, hazard calculations, fire risk analysis, modeling and more. 
With seventeen new chapters and over 1,800 figures, the this new edition contains: 
  • Step-by-step equations that explain engineering calculations
  • Comprehensive revision of the coverage of human behavior in fire, including several new chapters on egress system design, occupant evacuation scenarios, combustion toxicity and data for human behavior analysis 
  • Revised fundamental chapters for a stronger sense of context 
  • Added chapters on fire protection system selection and design, including selection of fire safety systems, system activation and controls and CO2 extinguishing systems 
  • Recent advances in fire resistance design 
  • Addition of new chapters on industrial fire protection, including vapor clouds, effects of thermal radiation on people, BLEVEs, dust explosions and gas and vapor explosions 
  • New chapters on fire load density, curtain walls, wildland fires and vehicle tunnels 
  • Essential reference appendices on conversion factors, thermophysical property data, fuel properties and combustion data, configuration factors and piping properties

“Three-volume set; not available separately”



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Editors and Affiliations

  • Aon Fire Protection Engineering, Greenbelt, USA

    Morgan J. Hurley

  • Hughes Associates, Baltimore, USA

    Daniel Gottuk

  • National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, USA

    John R. Hall

  • Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Kazunori Harada

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA

    Erica Kuligowski

  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, USA

    Milosh Puchovsky

  • The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia

    José Torero

  • The Fire Safety Institute, Quincy, USA

    John M. Watts

  • FM Global, Johnston, USA

    Christopher Wieczorek

About the editors

About the Editor-in-Chief: Morgan Hurley is a project director for Aon Fire Protection Engineering. He also serves as adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland and California Polytechnic University. He holds bachelors and masters degrees in fire protection engineering, is a licensed professional engineer and he is a Fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. About the Society: SFPE’s mission is to define, develop and advance the use of engineering best practices; expand the scientific and technical knowledge base; and educate the global fire safety community, in order to reduce fire risk. 

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