Principles of Fire Behavior, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by James G. Quintiere

Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Leaves: 438
Edition: Hardcover
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This text covers the four forms of fire: diffusion flames, smoldering, spontaneous combustion, and premixed flames. Using a quantitative approach,　the text　introduces the scientific principles of fire behavior, with coverage of heat transfer, ignition, flame spread, fire plumes, and heat flux as a damage variable. Cases, examples, problems, selected color illustrations and review of mathematics help students in fire safety and investigation understand fire from a scientific point of view.

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