Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - SFPE handbook of fire protection engineering

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SFPE handbook of fire protection engineering / editorial staff, Philip J. DiNenno... [et al.]. — 1st ed. — Quincy, Massachusetts ; Boston, Massachusetts : Society of Fire Protection Engineers : National Fire Protection Association, 1988

1 v. (pag. var.) ; 29 cm

Sumario: Hydraulics -- Introduction to mechanics of fluids -- Conduction of heat in solids -- Convection heat transfer -- Radiation heat transfer -- Fire plumes -- Natural convection wall flows -- Vent flows -- Ceiling jet flows -- Thermochemistry -- Chemical equilibrium -- Thermal decomposition of polymers -- Generation of heat and chemical compounds in fires -- Toxicity assessment of combustion products -- Movement of people -- Behavioral response to fire and smoke -- Flammability limits of premixed and diffusion flames -- Flame height -- Air entrainment into buoyant jet flames and pool fires -- Ignition of liquid fuels -- Flaming ignition of solid fuels -- Self-heating and spontaneous combustion -- Smoldering combustion -- Surface flame spread -- Smoke production and properties -- Properties of building materials -- Structural mechanics -- Burning rates -- Estimating temperatures in compartment fires -- Smoke and heat venting -- Fire hazard calculations for large open hydrocarbon fires -- Explosion protection -- Emergency movement -- Compartment fire-generated environment and smoke filling -- Design of detection systems -- Automatic sprinkler systems calculations -- Foam system calculations -- Fire temperature-time relations -- Analytical methids for determining fire resistance of steel members -- Analytical methods for determining fire resistance of concrete members -- Analytical methods for determining fire resistance of timber members -- Smoke control -- Applications of fire risk analysis -- Probability concepts -- Statistics -- Extreme value theory -- Reliability -- Probability models in fire protection engineering -- Engineering economics -- Utility theory -- Value of human life -- Computer simulation for fire protection engineering -- Fire risk assessment schedules

ISBN 0-87765-353-4

1. Seguridad contra incendios . 2. Ingeniería . 3. Análisis de riesgos . 4. Evacuación . 5. Toxicidad . 6. Alarmas . 7. Rociadores automáticos . 8. Combustión . 9. Sistemas de detección de incendios . I. DiNenno, Philip J. . II. Society of Fire Protection Engineers . III. National Fire Protection Association . IV. Title.

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