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SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering (5th Ed., 5th ed. 2016)
Coordinators: Hurley Morgan J., Gottuk Daniel T., Hall Jr. John R., Harada Kazunori, Kuligowski Erica D., Puchovsky Milosh, Torero Jose´ L., Watts Jr. John M., WIECZOREK CHRISTOPHER J.
Language: EnglishSubject for SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering:
Keywords
Best practices; Configuration factors; Conversion factors; Fire alarms; Fire dynamics; Fire load density; Fire protection engineering; Fire risk analysis; Fuel properties and combustion data; Hazard calculation; Human behavior in fire; Modeling; Performance-based fire safety; Piping properties; Sprinklers; System selection and design; Thermophysical property data; Vehicular tunnels; Wildland fires
Publication date: 10-2016
3493 p. · 17.8x25.4 cm · Paperback
Publication Abandoned
Publication date: 10-2015
3493 p. · 17.8x25.4 cm · Hardback
Replaced by new edition: Access to the new edition.
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- 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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