This definitive reference on fire protection engineering, revised and significantly expanded for the Sixth Edition, features both new and substantially updated information. The book provides unparalleled treatment of the current best practices in fire protection engineering and performance-based fire safety. Over 200 eminent fire engineers and researchers contributed chapters to the book, representing universities and professional organizations around the world. It remains the indispensable source for reliable coverage of fire safety engineering fundamentals, fire dynamics, hazard calculations, fire risk analysis, modelling and more.
Introduction to Fluid Mechanics.- Conduction of Heat in Solids.-
Convection Heat Transfer.- Radiation Heat Transfer.- Thermochemistry.-
Chemical Equilibrium.- Thermal Decomposition of Polymeric Materials.-
Structural Mechanics.- Properties of Building Materials.- Chemical Kinetics
and Fire.- Diffusion Flames.- Fundamentals of Premixed Flames.- Fire Plumes,
Flame Height, and Air Entrainment.- Ceiling Jet Flows.- Vent Flows.- Effect
of Combustion Conditions on Species Production.- Flammability Limits of
Premixed and Diffusion Flames.- Ignition of Liquids.- Smoldering Combustion.-
Spontaneous Combustion and Self-Heating.- Flaming Ignition of Solid Fuels.-
Electrical Fires.- Surface Flame Spread.- Smoke Characterization and Damage
Potential.- Heat Fluxes from Fires to Surfaces.- Heat Release Rates.-
Calorimetry.- The Cone Calorimeter.- Compartment Fire Modeling.- Estimating
Temperatures in Compartment Fires.- Zone Computer Fire Models for
Enclosures.- Modeling Fires Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).-
Enclosure Smoke Filling and Fire-Generated Environmental Conditions.- Methods
for Predicting Temperatures in Fire Exposed Structures.- Fire Load Density.-
Combustion Characteristics of Materials and Generation of Fire Products.-
Performance-Based Design.- Fire Scenarios.- Engineering Considerations for
Fire Protection System Selection.- Design of Detection Systems.- Hydraulics.-
Automatic Sprinkler System Calculations.- Halon Design Calculations.- Clean
Agent Total Flooding Fire Extinguishing Systems.- Carbon Dioxide Systems.-
Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems.- Foam Agents and AFFF System Design
Considerations.- Foam System Calculations- Considerations for Coordinating
and Interfacing Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems.- Smoke Control.-
Smoke Management by Mechanical Exhaust or Natural Venting.- Structural Fire
Engineering of Building Assemblies and Frames.- Analytical Methods for
Determining Fire Resistance of Steel Members.- Analytical Methods for
Determining Fire Resistance of Concrete Members.- Analytical Methods for
Determining Fire Resistance of Timber Members.- Egress Concepts and Design
Approaches.- Selecting Scenarios for Deterministic Fire Safety Engineering
Analysis Life Safety for Occupants.- Human Behavior in Fire.- Employing the
Hydraulic Model in Assessing Emergency Movement.- Computer Evacuation Models
for Buildings.- Visibility and Human Behavior in Fire Smoke.- Combustion
Toxicity.- Assessment of Hazards to Occupants from Smoke, Toxic Gases, and
Heat.- Engineering Data.- Liquid Fuel Fires.- Fire Hazard Calculations for
Large, Open Hydrocarbon Fires.- Vapor Clouds.- Effects of Thermal Radiation
to People Predicting 1st and 2nd Degree Skin Burns.- Flammable Gas and Vapor
Explosions.- Dust Explosions.- BLEVEs and Fireballs.- Introduction to Fire
Risk Analysis.- Probability & Statistics.- Reliability, Availability, and
Maintainability.- Building Fire Risk Analysis.- Uncertainty.- Decision
Analysis.- Data For Engineering Analysis.- Measuring Fire Consequences in
Economic Terms.- Computer Simulation for Fire Risk Analysis.- Engineering
Economics.- Fire Risk Indexing.- Risk-Informed Industrial Fire Protection
Engineering.- Product Fire Risk Analysis.- Health Care Application of
Quantitative Fire Risk Analysis.- The Building Envelope - Fire Spread,
Construction Features and Loss Examples.- Wildland fires.- Fires in Vehicle
Tunnels.- Fire Risk Assessment for Nuclear Power Plants.- Fire Risk in Mass
Transportation.- Appendix A: Conversion Factors.- Appendix B: Thermophysical
Property Data.- Appendix C: Fuel Properties and Combustion Data.- Appendix D:
Configuration Factors.- Appendix E: Piping Properties.
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) is the professional society representing those practicing the field of fire protection engineering. The Society has over 4,500 members and 120 chapters, including 28 student chapters worldwide.
As leaders in engineering a fire safe world, SFPEs 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, to reduce fire risk.
