top

  Info

  • Utilizzare la checkbox di selezione a fianco di ciascun documento per attivare le funzionalità di stampa, invio email, download nei formati disponibili del (i) record.

  Info

  • Utilizzare questo link per rimuovere la selezione effettuata.

Biblioteca

MARC Lista (tabellare)
Fire and smoke : understanding the hazards / / Committee on Fire Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
Fire and smoke : understanding the hazards / / Committee on Fire Toxicology, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1986
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (x, 156 pages) : illustrations
Soggetto topico Fire prevention
Fire protection engineering
Fires - Casualties
Smoke - Physiological effect
ISBN 1-280-18638-0
9786610186389
0-309-56860-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910825959003321
Washington, D.C. : , : National Academy Press, , 1986
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Fire protection engineering
Fire protection engineering
Pubbl/distr/stampa Bethesda, MD, : Society of Fire Protection Engineers, ©1998-
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource
Disciplina 628
Soggetto topico Fire protection engineering
Soggetto genere / forma Periodicals.
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Periodico
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Altri titoli varianti Fire protection engineering magazine
Record Nr. UNISA-996217770303316
Bethesda, MD, : Society of Fire Protection Engineers, ©1998-
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Fire protection engineering
Fire protection engineering
Pubbl/distr/stampa Bethesda, MD, : Society of Fire Protection Engineers, ©1998-
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource
Disciplina 628
Soggetto topico Fire protection engineering
Soggetto genere / forma Periodicals.
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Periodico
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Altri titoli varianti Fire protection engineering magazine
Record Nr. UNINA-9910145828303321
Bethesda, MD, : Society of Fire Protection Engineers, ©1998-
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Fire protection engineering in building design [e-book] / Jane I. Lataille
Fire protection engineering in building design [e-book] / Jane I. Lataille
Autore Lataille, Jane I.
Pubbl/distr/stampa Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2003
Descrizione fisica xiv, 133 p. ; 24 cm
Disciplina 693.82
Collana Plant engineering (Butterworth-Heinemann (Firm))
Plant engineering
Soggetto topico Fire protection engineering
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 9780750674973
0750674970
Formato Risorse elettroniche
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto The Importance of Integrating Fire Protection Design; What is Fire Protection Engineering?; The Discipline; The Professional Society; What FPEs Do; How Fire Protection Differs; Functions of Fire Protection Systems; Preventing and Protecting Against Fire; Reasons for Installing Fire Protection Systems; Protecting Assets; Relating Design Features to Function; Performance-Based Fire Protection Design; Design Elements; Fire Science; Design Fire Scenarios; Other Design Considerations; Examples of Performance-Based Design; Prescriptive Fire Protection Design; Desirability of Prescriptive Design; Prescriptive Codes; Inherent Risk; Design Coordination; Interfacing With the Other Disciplines; Architectural; Chemical; Electrical; Mechanical; Structural; Fire Protection for New and Existing Buildings; The Design Process; New Construction; Existing Buildings; Writing Fire Protection Specifications; Coordinating the Specifications; Traditional Project Specifications; Division 13 - Special Construction; Fire Protection References; Related Professional Societies
Record Nr. UNISALENTO-991003219239707536
Lataille, Jane I.  
Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2003
Risorse elettroniche
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Fire protection systems / / A. Maurice Jones, Jr
Fire protection systems / / A. Maurice Jones, Jr
Autore Jones A. Maurice
Edizione [Third edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Burlington, MA : , : Jones & Bartlett Learning, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (viii, 314 pages)
Disciplina 628.922
Collana Advisory circular
Soggetto topico Fire prevention - Equipment and supplies
Fire protection engineering
ISBN 1-284-18014-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910698503603321
Jones A. Maurice  
Burlington, MA : , : Jones & Bartlett Learning, , [2021]
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Fire Risk Management : Principles and Strategies for Buildings and Industrial Assets
Fire Risk Management : Principles and Strategies for Buildings and Industrial Assets
Autore Fiorentini Luca
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Newark : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2023
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (479 pages)
Disciplina 628.9/22
Altri autori (Persone) DattiloFabio
Soggetto topico Fire protection engineering
Fire risk assessment
Fire prevention
Risk management
ISBN 1-119-82746-9
1-119-82744-2
1-119-82745-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Fire Risk Management -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Acronyms -- About the Companion Website -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Recent Fires and Failed Strategies -- 2.1 Torre dei Moro -- 2.1.1 How It Happened (Incident Dynamics) -- 2.2 Norman Atlantic -- 2.2.1 How It Happened (Incident Dynamics) -- 2.3 Storage Building on Fire -- 2.3.1 How It Happened (Incident Dynamics) -- 2.4 ThyssenKrupp Fire -- 2.4.1 How It Happened (Incident Dynamics) -- 2.5 Refinery's Pipeway Fire -- 2.5.1 How It Happened (Incident Dynamics) -- 2.6 Refinery Process Unit Fire -- 2.6.1 How It Happened (Incident Dynamics) -- 3 Fundamentals of Risk Management -- 3.1 Introduction to Risk and Risk Management -- 3.2 ISO 31000 Standard -- 3.2.1 The Principles of RM -- 3.3 ISO 31000 Risk Management Workflow -- 3.3.1 Leadership and Commitment -- 3.3.2 Understanding the Organisation and Its Contexts -- 3.3.3 Implementation of the RM Framework -- 3.3.4 The Risk Management Process -- 3.4 The Risk Assessment Phase -- 3.5 Risk Identification -- 3.6 Risk Analysis -- 3.6.1 Analysis of Controls and Barriers -- 3.6.2 Consequence Analysis -- 3.6.3 Frequency Analysis and Probability Estimation -- 3.7 Risk Evaluation -- 3.7.1 Acceptability and Tolerability Criteria of the Risk -- 3.8 The ALARP Study -- 3.9 Risk Management over Time -- 3.10 Risk Treatment -- 3.11 Monitoring and Review -- 3.12 Audit Activities -- 3.13 The System Performance Review -- 3.14 Proactive and Reactive Culture of Organisations Dealing with Risk Management -- 3.15 Systemic Approach to Fire Risk Management -- 4 Fire as an Accident -- 4.1 Industrial Accidents -- 4.2 Fires -- 4.2.1 Flash Fire -- 4.2.2 Pool Fire -- 4.2.3 Fireball -- 4.2.4 Jet Fire -- 4.3 Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion (BLEVE) -- 4.4 Explosion -- 4.5 Deflagrations and Detonations -- 4.5.1 Vapour Cloud Explosion.
4.5.2 Threshold Values -- 4.5.3 Physical Effect Modelling -- 4.6 Fire in Compartments -- 5 Integrate Fire Safety into Asset Design -- 6 Fire Safety Principles -- 6.1 Fire Safety Concepts Tree -- 6.2 NFPA Standard 550 -- 6.3 NFPA Standard 551 -- 6.3.1 The Risk Matrix Method Applied to Fire Risk -- 7 Fire-Safety Design Resources -- 7.1 International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) -- 7.1.1 ISO 16732 -- 7.1.2 ISO 16733 -- 7.1.3 ISO 23932 -- 7.1.3.1 Scope and Principles of the Standard -- 7.1.4 ISO 17776 -- 7.1.5 ISO 13702 -- 7.2 British Standards (BS) - UK -- 7.2.1 PAS 911 -- 7.2.1.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment -- 7.2.2 BS 9999 -- 7.3 Society of Fire Protection Engineers - USA (SFPE-USA) -- 7.3.1 Engineering Guide to Fire Risk Assessment -- 7.3.2 Engineering Guide to Performance-Based Fire Protection -- 7.4 Italian Fire Code -- 7.4.1 IFC Fire-Safety Design Method -- 8 Performance-Based Fire Engineering -- 9 Fire Risk Assessment Methods -- 9.1 Risk Assessment Method Selection -- 9.2 Risk Identification -- 9.2.1 Brainstorming -- 9.2.2 Checklist -- 9.2.3 What-If -- 9.2.4 HAZOP -- 9.2.5 HAZID -- 9.2.6 FMEA/FMEDA/FMECA -- 9.3 Risk Analysis -- 9.3.1 Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) -- 9.3.2 Event Tree Analysis (ETA) -- 9.3.3 Bow-Tie and LOPA -- 9.3.3.1 Description of the Method -- 9.3.3.2 Building a Bow-Tie -- 9.3.3.3 Barriers -- 9.3.3.4 LOPA Analysis in Bow-Tie -- 9.3.4 FERA and Explosion Risk Assessment and Quantitative Risk Assessment -- 9.3.5 Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) -- 9.3.6 Fire and Explosion Risk Assessment (FERA) -- 9.4 Risk Evaluation -- 9.4.1 FN Curves -- 9.4.2 Risk Indices -- 9.4.3 Risk Matrices -- 9.4.4 Index Methods -- 9.4.4.1 An Example from a "Seveso" Plant -- 9.4.5 SWeHI Method -- 9.4.6 Application -- 9.5 Simplified Fire Risk Assessment Using a Weighted Checklist -- 9.5.1 Risk Levels -- 10 Risk Profiles -- 10.1 People -- 10.2 Property.
10.3 Business Continuity -- 10.4 Environment -- 11 Fire Strategies -- 11.1 Risk Mitigation -- 11.2 Fire Reaction -- 11.3 Fire Resistance -- 11.4 Fire Compartments -- 11.5 Evacuation and Escape Routes -- 11.6 Emergency Management -- 11.7 Active Fire Protection Measures -- 11.8 Fire Detection -- 11.9 Smoke Control -- 11.10 Firefighting and Rescue Operations -- 11.11 Technological Systems -- 12 Fire-Safety Management and Performance -- 12.1 Preliminary Remarks -- 12.2 Safety Management in the Design Phase -- 12.3 Safety Management in the Implementation and Commissioning Phase -- 12.4 Safety Management in the Operation Phase -- 13 Learning from Real Fires (Forensic Highlights) -- 13.1 Torre dei Moro -- 13.1.1 Why It Happened -- 13.1.2 Findings -- 13.1.3 Lessons Learned and Recommendations -- 13.2 Norman Atlantic -- 13.2.1 Why It Happened -- 13.2.2 Findings -- 13.2.3 Lessons Learned and Recommendations -- 13.3 Storage Building on Fire -- 13.3.1 Why It Happened -- 13.3.2 Findings -- 13.3.3 Lessons Learned and Recommendations -- 13.4 ThyssenKrupp Fire -- 13.4.1 Why It Happened -- 13.4.2 Findings -- 13.4.3 Lessons Learned and Recommendations -- 13.5 Refinery's Pipeway Fire -- 13.5.1 Why It Happened -- 13.5.2 Findings -- 13.5.3 Lessons Learned and Recommendations -- 13.6 Refinery Process Unit Fire -- 13.6.1 Why It Happened -- 13.6.2 Findings -- 13.6.3 Lessons Learned and Recommendations -- 13.7 Fire in Historical Buildings -- 13.7.1 Introduction -- 13.7.1.1 Description of the Building and Works -- 13.7.2 The Fire -- 13.7.2.1 The Fire Damage -- 13.7.3 Fire-Safety Lessons Learned -- 13.8 Fire Safety Concepts Tree Applied to Real Events -- 14 Case Studies (Risk Assessment Examples) -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Facility Description -- 14.3 Assessment -- 14.3.1 Selected Approach and Workflow -- 14.3.2 Methods -- 14.3.3 Fire Risk Assessment.
14.3.4 Specific Insights -- 14.4 Results -- 15 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- EULA.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910830152603321
Fiorentini Luca  
Newark : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2023
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Fire Risk Management : Principles and Strategies for Buildings and Industrial Assets
Fire Risk Management : Principles and Strategies for Buildings and Industrial Assets
Autore Fiorentini Luca
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Newark : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2023
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (479 pages)
Disciplina 628.9/22
Altri autori (Persone) DattiloFabio
Soggetto topico Fire protection engineering
Fire risk assessment
Fire prevention
Risk management
ISBN 1-119-82746-9
1-119-82744-2
1-119-82745-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Fire Risk Management -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Acronyms -- About the Companion Website -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Recent Fires and Failed Strategies -- 2.1 Torre dei Moro -- 2.1.1 How It Happened (Incident Dynamics) -- 2.2 Norman Atlantic -- 2.2.1 How It Happened (Incident Dynamics) -- 2.3 Storage Building on Fire -- 2.3.1 How It Happened (Incident Dynamics) -- 2.4 ThyssenKrupp Fire -- 2.4.1 How It Happened (Incident Dynamics) -- 2.5 Refinery's Pipeway Fire -- 2.5.1 How It Happened (Incident Dynamics) -- 2.6 Refinery Process Unit Fire -- 2.6.1 How It Happened (Incident Dynamics) -- 3 Fundamentals of Risk Management -- 3.1 Introduction to Risk and Risk Management -- 3.2 ISO 31000 Standard -- 3.2.1 The Principles of RM -- 3.3 ISO 31000 Risk Management Workflow -- 3.3.1 Leadership and Commitment -- 3.3.2 Understanding the Organisation and Its Contexts -- 3.3.3 Implementation of the RM Framework -- 3.3.4 The Risk Management Process -- 3.4 The Risk Assessment Phase -- 3.5 Risk Identification -- 3.6 Risk Analysis -- 3.6.1 Analysis of Controls and Barriers -- 3.6.2 Consequence Analysis -- 3.6.3 Frequency Analysis and Probability Estimation -- 3.7 Risk Evaluation -- 3.7.1 Acceptability and Tolerability Criteria of the Risk -- 3.8 The ALARP Study -- 3.9 Risk Management over Time -- 3.10 Risk Treatment -- 3.11 Monitoring and Review -- 3.12 Audit Activities -- 3.13 The System Performance Review -- 3.14 Proactive and Reactive Culture of Organisations Dealing with Risk Management -- 3.15 Systemic Approach to Fire Risk Management -- 4 Fire as an Accident -- 4.1 Industrial Accidents -- 4.2 Fires -- 4.2.1 Flash Fire -- 4.2.2 Pool Fire -- 4.2.3 Fireball -- 4.2.4 Jet Fire -- 4.3 Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion (BLEVE) -- 4.4 Explosion -- 4.5 Deflagrations and Detonations -- 4.5.1 Vapour Cloud Explosion.
4.5.2 Threshold Values -- 4.5.3 Physical Effect Modelling -- 4.6 Fire in Compartments -- 5 Integrate Fire Safety into Asset Design -- 6 Fire Safety Principles -- 6.1 Fire Safety Concepts Tree -- 6.2 NFPA Standard 550 -- 6.3 NFPA Standard 551 -- 6.3.1 The Risk Matrix Method Applied to Fire Risk -- 7 Fire-Safety Design Resources -- 7.1 International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) -- 7.1.1 ISO 16732 -- 7.1.2 ISO 16733 -- 7.1.3 ISO 23932 -- 7.1.3.1 Scope and Principles of the Standard -- 7.1.4 ISO 17776 -- 7.1.5 ISO 13702 -- 7.2 British Standards (BS) - UK -- 7.2.1 PAS 911 -- 7.2.1.1 Risk and Hazard Assessment -- 7.2.2 BS 9999 -- 7.3 Society of Fire Protection Engineers - USA (SFPE-USA) -- 7.3.1 Engineering Guide to Fire Risk Assessment -- 7.3.2 Engineering Guide to Performance-Based Fire Protection -- 7.4 Italian Fire Code -- 7.4.1 IFC Fire-Safety Design Method -- 8 Performance-Based Fire Engineering -- 9 Fire Risk Assessment Methods -- 9.1 Risk Assessment Method Selection -- 9.2 Risk Identification -- 9.2.1 Brainstorming -- 9.2.2 Checklist -- 9.2.3 What-If -- 9.2.4 HAZOP -- 9.2.5 HAZID -- 9.2.6 FMEA/FMEDA/FMECA -- 9.3 Risk Analysis -- 9.3.1 Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) -- 9.3.2 Event Tree Analysis (ETA) -- 9.3.3 Bow-Tie and LOPA -- 9.3.3.1 Description of the Method -- 9.3.3.2 Building a Bow-Tie -- 9.3.3.3 Barriers -- 9.3.3.4 LOPA Analysis in Bow-Tie -- 9.3.4 FERA and Explosion Risk Assessment and Quantitative Risk Assessment -- 9.3.5 Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) -- 9.3.6 Fire and Explosion Risk Assessment (FERA) -- 9.4 Risk Evaluation -- 9.4.1 FN Curves -- 9.4.2 Risk Indices -- 9.4.3 Risk Matrices -- 9.4.4 Index Methods -- 9.4.4.1 An Example from a "Seveso" Plant -- 9.4.5 SWeHI Method -- 9.4.6 Application -- 9.5 Simplified Fire Risk Assessment Using a Weighted Checklist -- 9.5.1 Risk Levels -- 10 Risk Profiles -- 10.1 People -- 10.2 Property.
10.3 Business Continuity -- 10.4 Environment -- 11 Fire Strategies -- 11.1 Risk Mitigation -- 11.2 Fire Reaction -- 11.3 Fire Resistance -- 11.4 Fire Compartments -- 11.5 Evacuation and Escape Routes -- 11.6 Emergency Management -- 11.7 Active Fire Protection Measures -- 11.8 Fire Detection -- 11.9 Smoke Control -- 11.10 Firefighting and Rescue Operations -- 11.11 Technological Systems -- 12 Fire-Safety Management and Performance -- 12.1 Preliminary Remarks -- 12.2 Safety Management in the Design Phase -- 12.3 Safety Management in the Implementation and Commissioning Phase -- 12.4 Safety Management in the Operation Phase -- 13 Learning from Real Fires (Forensic Highlights) -- 13.1 Torre dei Moro -- 13.1.1 Why It Happened -- 13.1.2 Findings -- 13.1.3 Lessons Learned and Recommendations -- 13.2 Norman Atlantic -- 13.2.1 Why It Happened -- 13.2.2 Findings -- 13.2.3 Lessons Learned and Recommendations -- 13.3 Storage Building on Fire -- 13.3.1 Why It Happened -- 13.3.2 Findings -- 13.3.3 Lessons Learned and Recommendations -- 13.4 ThyssenKrupp Fire -- 13.4.1 Why It Happened -- 13.4.2 Findings -- 13.4.3 Lessons Learned and Recommendations -- 13.5 Refinery's Pipeway Fire -- 13.5.1 Why It Happened -- 13.5.2 Findings -- 13.5.3 Lessons Learned and Recommendations -- 13.6 Refinery Process Unit Fire -- 13.6.1 Why It Happened -- 13.6.2 Findings -- 13.6.3 Lessons Learned and Recommendations -- 13.7 Fire in Historical Buildings -- 13.7.1 Introduction -- 13.7.1.1 Description of the Building and Works -- 13.7.2 The Fire -- 13.7.2.1 The Fire Damage -- 13.7.3 Fire-Safety Lessons Learned -- 13.8 Fire Safety Concepts Tree Applied to Real Events -- 14 Case Studies (Risk Assessment Examples) -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Facility Description -- 14.3 Assessment -- 14.3.1 Selected Approach and Workflow -- 14.3.2 Methods -- 14.3.3 Fire Risk Assessment.
14.3.4 Specific Insights -- 14.4 Results -- 15 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index -- EULA.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910841731503321
Fiorentini Luca  
Newark : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2023
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Fire safety [[electronic resource] /] / Ingmar Sogaard and Hans Krogh, editors
Fire safety [[electronic resource] /] / Ingmar Sogaard and Hans Krogh, editors
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (147 p.)
Disciplina 693.8/2
Altri autori (Persone) SogaardIngmar
KroghHans
Collana Safety and risk in society series.
Soggetto topico Fire prevention
Fire protection engineering
Fires
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-61122-321-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910452453303321
New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Fire safety [[electronic resource] /] / Ingmar Sogaard and Hans Krogh, editors
Fire safety [[electronic resource] /] / Ingmar Sogaard and Hans Krogh, editors
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (147 p.)
Disciplina 693.8/2
Altri autori (Persone) SogaardIngmar
KroghHans
Collana Safety and risk in society series.
Soggetto topico Fire prevention
Fire protection engineering
Fires
ISBN 1-61122-321-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910779639603321
New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui
Fire safety [[electronic resource] /] / Ingmar Sogaard and Hans Krogh, editors
Fire safety [[electronic resource] /] / Ingmar Sogaard and Hans Krogh, editors
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (147 p.)
Disciplina 693.8/2
Altri autori (Persone) SogaardIngmar
KroghHans
Collana Safety and risk in society series.
Soggetto topico Fire prevention
Fire protection engineering
Fires
ISBN 1-61122-321-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
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.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910823535103321
New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui