| Description |
1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Symbols -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Authors -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Terminology -- 1.2 Background -- 1.3 Core Curriculum in Fire Safety Engineering -- 1.4 Background on Performance-Based Building Codes -- 1.5 The Fire Safety Engineering Design Process and Code Demands -- 1.6 Engineering Models for Enclosure Fires -- 1.6.1 Energy Evolved and Species Generated -- 1.6.2 Fire-Induced Environment -- 1.6.3 Heat Transfer -- 1.7 Contents of This Textbook -- 1.8 A Note on Dimensions, Units, and Symbols |
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Problems and Suggested Answers -- 3. Energy Release Rates -- 3.1 Terminology -- 3.2 Introduction -- 3.3 Factors Controlling Energy Release Rates in Enclosure Fires -- 3.3.1 Burning Rate and Energy Release Rate -- 3.3.2 Enclosure Effects -- 3.4 Energy Release Rates Based on Free Burn Measurements -- 3.4.1 Measurement Techniques and Parameters Measured -- 3.4.2 Pool Fires -- 3.4.3 Various Products -- 3.4.4 The t-Squared Fire -- 3.5 The Design Fire -- 3.5.1 Background -- 3.5.2 The Fire Location -- 3.5.3 The Growth Phase -- 3.5.4 The Steady Phase -- 3.5.5 The Decay Phase |
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3.5.6 Presenting the Design Fire -- 3.6 A More Complex Design Fire -- 3.6.1 Fuel Packages -- 3.6.2 Modeling Flame Spread -- 3.7 Energy Release Rates Used in This Book -- References -- Problems and Suggested Answers -- 4. Fire Plumes and Flame Heights -- 4.1 Terminology -- 4.2 Introduction -- 4.2.1 Flame Characteristics -- 4.2.2 Turbulent Fire Plume Characteristics -- 4.3 The Ideal Plume -- 4.3.1 Assumptions -- 4.3.2 Initial Considerations -- 4.3.3 The Continuity Equation for Mass -- 4.3.4 The Momentum and Buoyancy Equation -- 4.3.5 Solution of the Two Differential Equations |
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4.3.6 Inserting the Constants and Concluding -- 4.4 Plume Equations Based on Experiments -- 4.4.1 The Zukoski Plume -- 4.4.2 The Heskestad Plume -- 4.4.3 The McCaffrey Plume -- 4.4.4 The Thomas Plume -- 4.4.5 Guidance on Choosing Plume Equations -- 4.5 Line Plumes, Balcony Plumes, and Bounded Plumes -- 4.5.1 Wall and Corner Interactions with Plumes and Flames -- 4.5.2 Line-Source Plumes -- 4.5.3 Balcony Spill Plumes -- 4.6 Ceiling Jets -- 4.6.1 Ceiling Jet Temperatures and Velocities -- 4.6.2 Flame Extensions under Ceilings -- References -- Problems and Suggested Answers |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
References -- 2. A Qualitative Description of Enclosure Fires -- 2.1 Terminology -- 2.2 Introduction -- 2.2.1 General Description of the Process of Combustion -- 2.2.2 General Description of Fire Growth in an Enclosure -- 2.2.3 General Description of Different Enclosure Characteristics -- 2.3 Stages in Enclosure Fire Development -- 2.3.1 Fire Development in Terms of Enclosure Temperatures -- 2.3.2 Fire Development in Terms of Flow through Openings -- 2.3.3 Other Common Terms Describing Enclosure Fire Stages -- 2.4 Factors Influencing Fire Development in an Enclosure -- 2.5 Summary -- References |
| Notes |
5. Pressure Profiles and Vent Flows for Well-Ventilated Enclosures |
| Subject |
Enclosure fires
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Quintiere, James G
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| ISBN |
9781351672283 |
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1351672282 |
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