Fire safety / / Ingmar Sogaard and Hans Krogh, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910959666003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• ISBN: 1-61122-321-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (147 p.)
• Collana: Safety and risk in society series.
• Altri autori (Persone): SogaardIngmar; KroghHans
• Disciplina: 693.8/2
• Soggetti: Fire prevention; Fire protection engineering; Fires
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- FIRE SAFETY -- FIRE SAFETY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- SMOKE AND FIRE DYNAMICS IN ATRIA AND LARGE ENCLOSURES: AN OVERVIEW -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ATRIUM DEFINITION -- 3. ATRIUM TYPOLOGY -- 4. ATRIUM FIRE DYNAMICS AND SAFETY PROBLEMS -- 5. FIRE STRATEGIES AND DESIGN -- 6. COMPUTER MODELLING -- 7. SPRINKLERS AND SMOKE DETECTORS -- 8. THE PROCESS OF SMOKE FILLING -- 9. NATURAL VENTING OF SMOKE -- 10. MECHANICAL VENTING OF SMOKE -- 11. SPILL PLUME DYNAMICS -- 12. CURRENT DESIGN TRENDS IN FIRE SAFETY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- A BRIEF REVIEW ON APPLYING COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS IN BUILDING FIRE HAZARD ASSESSMENT -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. LITERATURE REVIEW -- 3. TURBULENCE MODEL -- Reynolds Averaging of Navier-Stokes Equation (RANS) -- Large Eddy Simulation (LES) -- 4. DISCRETIZATION OF THE CONSERVATION EQUATIONS: FINITE VOLUME METHOD -- 5. VELOCITY-PRESSURE LINKED EQUATIONS -- 6. COMBUSTION AND MODELLING OF THE HEAT RELEASED -- 7. THE FIRE DYNAMICS SIMULATOR -- 8. VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION -- 9. APPLICATION TO FIRE SAFETY ENGINEERING -- 10. AN EXAMPLE -- 11. FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS -- 12. FREE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS -- 13. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- SIMPLIFIED ASSESSMENT OF ; PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT FIRE ESCALATION INVOLVING PRESSURIZED VESSELS -- ABSTRACT -- NOMENCLATURE -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FIREBALL AND BLEVE HAZARD FOR PRESSURIZED VESSELS -- 3. ESTIMATION OF DOMINO ESCALATION PROBABILITY -- 4. ESTIMATION OF VESSEL TIME TO FAILURE -- 4.1. Modeling Approach to Time to Failure Calculation -- 4.2. The Lumped Model -- 4.3. THE FINITE ELEMENT MODEL (FEM) -- 4.3. LUMPED MODEL VALIDATION -- 4.4. SIMPLIFIED CORRELATIONS FOR TTF ESTIMATION -- 5. ESCALATION THRESHOLDS AND ESCALATION PROBABILITY -- 5.1. Assessment of Escalation Thresholds and Probabilities -- 5.2. Effect of Passive Protection Systems.; 6. CONCLUSIONS -- 7. REFERENCES -- FIRE SAFETY OF OLDER CHINESE MIGRANTS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- Recruitment Procedure -- Instrument -- Statistical Analysis -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- THE USE OF EGRESS/PEDESTRIAN SIMULATION MODELS AS TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS TO PROVIDE THE SAFETY OF OCCUPANTS UNDER EMERGENCY SITUATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION - THE USE OF EGRESS/PEDESTRIAN MODELS -- 2. BRIEF DISCUSSION ON FIRE SAFETY CODES -- 3. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SOME EGRESS/PEDESTRIAN MODELS -- 3.1. SIMULEX [9] -- 3.2. STEPS [10] -- 4. EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PERFORMANCE-BASED CODES AND ITS IMPACT ON THE USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF EGRESS/PEDESTRIAN MODELS -- 5. REFERENCES -- FIRE DURING TRANSFER OF LPG FROM THE ROAD TANKER TO HORTON SPHERE - RUPTURE OF THE HOSE ATTACHED TO THE MANIFOLD -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE INCIDENCE -- TRANSFER THROUGH LPG COMPRESSOR -- TANK TRUCK UNLOADING OPERATIONS -- Preparation within Plant -- PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN TRANSFER OPERATIONS -- LESSON LEARNED -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- FIRE ACCIDENT AT A REFINERY IN INDIA: THE CAUSES AND THE LESSON LEARNT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE EVENT -- IMMEDIATE CAUSE -- CONSEQUENCES OF THE INCIDENT -- EMERGENCY MEASURES TAKEN -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume discusses the first aim of fire safety - to provide the safety of occupants, and to avoid and/or reduce the number of fatalities (and/or the number of injuries). A broad overview of the current state-of-the-art of fires in atria is also discussed.