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Building fire performance analysis [[electronic resource] /] / Robert W. Fitzgerald
| Building fire performance analysis [[electronic resource] /] / Robert W. Fitzgerald |
| Autore | Fitzgerald Robert W |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, West Sussex, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : J. Wiley, c2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (535 p.) |
| Disciplina |
693.8/2
693.82 |
| Soggetto topico |
Building, Fireproof
Fire prevention - Inspection |
| ISBN |
1-280-27167-1
9786610271672 1-61344-916-X 0-470-30034-5 0-470-86328-5 0-470-86327-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
BUILDING FIRE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgement; 1 Understanding, deciding, communicating; 1.1 The destination; 1.2 Codes and standards; 1.3 Routine practices; 1.4 A way of thinking; 1.5 Evaluation levels; 1.6 Applications; 1.7 Road map; References; 2 Fire defenses; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Building fire defenses; 2.3 Active fire defenses; 2.4 Passive fire defenses; 2.5 Closure; 3 Basic concepts; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Concepts and definitions; 3.3 Performance evaluations; 4 The anatomy of building fires; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The building; 4.3 The fire protection systems
4.4 The fire4.5 The anatomy of a building fire; 4.6 Fire in the room of origin; 4.7 Barrier effectiveness and fire propagation; 4.8 Fire department operations; 4.9 The structural frame; 4.10 Smoke movement; 4.11 Life safety; 4.12 Performance evaluations and risk characterizations; 4.13 Summary; 5 A way of thinking; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The building/fire performance system; 5.3 Performance evaluations; 5.4 The window of uncertainty; 5.5 Estimating performance; 5.6 Evaluation levels; 5.7 Visual thinking; 5.8 Example of effective communication; 5.9 Summary; 6 Framework for analysis 6.1 Introduction6.2 Network diagrams; 6.3 Continuous value networks: concepts; 6.4 Continuous value networks: calculations and graphing; 6.5 Single value networks: concepts; 6.6 Single value networks: calculations; 6.7 Networks and performance curves: discussion; 6.8 The L curve; 6.9 The L curve for a room of origin; 6.10 The L curve for a building fire path; 6.11 L curve communication; 7 Prolog to applications; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Tools of the trade; 7.3 Fire prevention; 7.4 Building types; 7.5 Selection of the room of origin; 7.6 Design fire concepts; 7.7 The design fire 7.8 Performance analysis overview7.9 Fire performance: M curve analysis; 7.10 Fire performance: A curve analysis; 7.11 Putting it together: the L curve; 7.12 Structural frame behavior: the Fr curve; 7.13 Smoke analysis; 7.14 Risk characterizations; 7.15 Summary; Reference; 8 Design fires; 8.1 The need; 8.2 Fire in a room; 8.3 Fire development in small rooms; 8.4 Interior design and model rooms; 8.5 Realms of fire growth; 8.6 Level 2 concepts; 8.7 Level 2 framework; 8.8 Discussion; 8.9 Large room concepts; 8.10 Level 2 framework for large rooms; 8.11 Level 3 evaluations; 8.12 Level 1 concepts 8.13 Concepts of fire growth potential classification8.14 Fire growth potential classifications; 8.15 Illustrations of the classification process; 8.16 Discussion for room classifications; 8.17 αt(2) fires; 8.18 The design fire; 8.19 The I curve; 8.20 Thoughts on design fires; 8.21 Summary; Reference; 9 Barriers and multiroom fires; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Barrier functions; 9.3 Concepts for barrier evaluations; 9.4 Barrier performance descriptors; 9.5 The barrier/space module; 9.6 Summary; 10 Barrier performance; 10.1 Pause for review; 10.2 Chapter organization; 10.3 The standard fire test 10.4 Standard test discussion |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910145038803321 |
Fitzgerald Robert W
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| Chichester, West Sussex, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : J. Wiley, c2004 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fire performance analysis for buildings / / Robert W. Fitzgerald and Brian J. Meacham
| Fire performance analysis for buildings / / Robert W. Fitzgerald and Brian J. Meacham |
| Autore | Fitzgerald Robert W. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (921 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 693.8/2 |
| Collana | THEi Wiley ebooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Building, Fireproof
Fire prevention - Inspection |
| ISBN |
1-5231-2351-6
1-118-92649-8 1-118-92633-1 1-118-92632-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910271041903321 |
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Fitzgerald Robert W.
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| Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fire performance analysis for buildings / / Robert W. Fitzgerald and Brian J. Meacham
| Fire performance analysis for buildings / / Robert W. Fitzgerald and Brian J. Meacham |
| Autore | Fitzgerald Robert W. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (921 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 693.8/2 |
| Collana | THEi Wiley ebooks |
| Soggetto topico |
Building, Fireproof
Fire prevention - Inspection |
| ISBN |
1-5231-2351-6
1-118-92649-8 1-118-92633-1 1-118-92632-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823766103321 |
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Fitzgerald Robert W.
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| Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley, , 2017 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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