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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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    Chapter 2 Conduction of Heat in Solids
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    Chapter 3 Convection Heat Transfer
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    Chapter 4 Radiation Heat Transfer
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    Chapter 5 Thermochemistry
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    Chapter 6 Chemical Equilibrium
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    Chapter 7 Thermal Decomposition of Polymeric Materials
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    Chapter 8 Structural Mechanics
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    Chapter 9 Properties of Building Materials
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    Chapter 10 Chemical Kinetics and Fire
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    Chapter 11 Diffusion Flames
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    Chapter 12 Fundamentals of Premixed Flames
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    Chapter 13 Fire Plumes, Flame Height, and Air Entrainment
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    Chapter 14 Ceiling Jet Flows
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    Chapter 15 Vent Flows
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    Chapter 16 Effect of Combustion Conditions on Species Production
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    Chapter 17 Flammability Limits of Premixed and Diffusion Flames
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    Chapter 18 Ignition of Liquids
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    Chapter 19 Smoldering Combustion
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    Chapter 20 Spontaneous Combustion and Self-Heating
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    Chapter 21 Flaming Ignition of Solid Fuels
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    Chapter 22 Electrical Fires
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    Chapter 23 Surface Flame Spread
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    Chapter 24 Smoke Characterization and Damage Potentials
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    Chapter 25 Heat Transfer from Fires to Surfaces
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    Chapter 26 Heat Release Rates
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    Chapter 27 Calorimetry
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    Chapter 28 The Cone Calorimeter
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    Chapter 29 Compartment Fire Modeling
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    Chapter 30 Estimating Temperatures in Compartment Fires
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    Chapter 31 Zone Computer Fire Models for Enclosures
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    Chapter 32 Modeling Fires Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
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    Chapter 33 Enclosure Smoke Filling and Fire-Generated Environmental Conditions
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    Chapter 34 Methods for Predicting Temperatures in Fire-Exposed Structures
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    Chapter 35 Fire Load Density
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    Chapter 36 Combustion Characteristics of Materials and Generation of Fire Products
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    Chapter 37 Performance-Based Design
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    Chapter 38 Fire Scenarios
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    Chapter 39 Engineering Considerations for Fire Protection System Selection
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    Chapter 40 Design of Detection Systems
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    Chapter 41 Hydraulics
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    Chapter 42 Automatic Sprinkler System Calculations
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    Chapter 43 Halon Design Calculations
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    Chapter 44 Clean Agent Total Flooding Fire Extinguishing Systems
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    Chapter 45 Carbon Dioxide Systems
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    Chapter 46 Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems
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    Chapter 47 Foam Agents and AFFF System Design Considerations
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    Chapter 48 Foam System Calculations
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    Chapter 49 Considerations for Coordinating and Interfacing Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems
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    Chapter 50 Smoke Control
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    Chapter 51 Smoke Control by Mechanical Exhaust or Natural Venting
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    Chapter 52 Structural Fire Engineering of Building Assemblies and Frames
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    Chapter 53 Analytical Methods for Determining Fire Resistance of Steel Members
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    Chapter 54 Analytical Methods for Determining Fire Resistance of Concrete Members
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    Chapter 55 Analytical Methods for Determining Fire Resistance of Timber Members
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    Chapter 56 Egress Concepts and Design Approaches
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    Chapter 57 Selecting Scenarios for Deterministic Fire Safety Engineering Analysis: Life Safety for Occupants
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    Chapter 58 Human Behavior in Fire
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    Chapter 59 Employing the Hydraulic Model in Assessing Emergency Movement
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    Chapter 60 Computer Evacuation Models for Buildings
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    Chapter 61 Visibility and Human Behavior in Fire Smoke
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    Chapter 62 Combustion Toxicity
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    Chapter 63 Assessment of Hazards to Occupants from Smoke, Toxic Gases, and Heat
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    Chapter 64 SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering
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    Chapter 65 Liquid Fuel Fires
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    Chapter 66 Fire Hazard Calculations for Large, Open Hydrocarbon Fires
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    Chapter 67 Vapor Clouds
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    Chapter 68 Effects of Thermal Radiation on People: Predicting 1st and 2nd Degree Skin Burns
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    Chapter 69 Flammable Gas and Vapor Explosions
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    Chapter 70 Dust Explosions
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    Chapter 71 BLEVES and Fireballs
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    Chapter 72 Introduction to Fire Risk Analysis
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    Chapter 73 Probability and Statistics
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    Chapter 74 Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability
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    Chapter 75 Building Fire Risk Analysis
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    Chapter 76 Uncertainty
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    Chapter 77 Decision Analysis
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    Chapter 78 Data for Engineering Analysis
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    Chapter 79 Measuring Consequences in Economic Terms
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    Chapter 80 Computer Simulation for Fire Risk Analysis
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    Chapter 81 Engineering Economics
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    Chapter 82 Fire Risk Indexing
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    Chapter 83 Risk-Informed Industrial Fire Protection Engineering
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    Chapter 84 Product Fire Risk Analysis
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    Chapter 85 Health Care Application of Quantitative Fire Risk Analysis
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    Chapter 86 The Building Envelope: Fire Spread, Construction Features and Loss Examples
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    Chapter 87 Wildland Fires
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    Chapter 88 Fires in Vehicle Tunnels
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    Chapter 89 Fire Risk Analysis for Nuclear Power Plants
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    Chapter 90 Fire Risk in Mass Transportation
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Title
SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering
Published by
Springer-Verlag New York, January 2016
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-2565-0
ISBNs
978-1-4939-2564-3, 978-1-4939-2565-0
Authors

Merci, Bart

Editors

Morgan J. Hurley, Daniel T. Gottuk, John R. Hall Jr., Kazunori Harada, Erica D. Kuligowski, Milosh Puchovsky, Jose´ L. Torero, John M. Watts Jr., Christopher J. Wieczorek

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Country Count As %
Sweden 2 <1%
Malaysia 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 1148 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 223 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 178 15%
Student > Bachelor 112 10%
Researcher 85 7%
Student > Doctoral Student 41 4%
Other 127 11%
Unknown 387 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 503 44%
Chemical Engineering 53 5%
Materials Science 22 2%
Energy 18 2%
Environmental Science 18 2%
Other 100 9%
Unknown 439 38%