SFPE handbook of fire protection engineering 3rd ed

Preface ix Metrication x SECTION ONE • FUNDAMENTALS CHAPTER 1-1 Introduction to Mechanics of Fluids B. S. Kandola 1-1 CHAPTER 1-2 Conduction of Heat in Solids John A. Rockett and James A. Milke 1-27 CHAPTER 1-3 Convection Heat Transfer Arvind Atreya 1-44 CHAPTER 1-4 Radiation Heat Transfer C. L. Tien, K. Y. Lee, and A. J. Stretton 1-73 CHAPTER 1-5 Thermochemistry D. D. Drysdale 1-90 CHAPTER 1-6 Chemical Equilibrium Raymond Friedman 1-99 CHAPTER 1-7 Thermal Decomposition of Polymers Craig L. Beyler and Marcelo M. Hirschler 1-110 CHAPTER 1-8 Structural Mechanics Robert W. Fitzgerald 1-132 CHAPTER 1-9 Premixed Burning Robert F. Simmons 1-144 CHAPTER 1-10 Properties of Building Materials V. K. R. Kodur and T. Z. Harmathy 1-155 CHAPTER 1-11 Probability Concepts John R. Hall, Jr. 1-182 CHAPTER 1-12 Statistics John R. Hall, Jr. 1-193 SECTION TWO • FIRE DYNAMICS CHAPTER 2-1 Fire Plumes, Flame Height, and Air Entrainment Gunnar Heskestad 2-1 CHAPTER 2-2 Ceiling Jet Flows Ronald L. Alpert 2-18 CHAPTER 2-3 Vent Flows Howard W. Emmons 2-32 CHAPTER 2-4 Visibility and Human Behavior in Fire Smoke Tadahisa Jin 2-42 CHAPTER 2-5 Effect of Combustion Conditions on Species Production D. T. Gottuk and B. Y. Lattimer 2-54 CHAPTER 2-6 Toxicity Assessment of Combustion Products David A. Purser 2-83 CHAPTER 2-7 Flammability Limits of Premixed and Diffusion Flames Craig L. Beyler 2-172 CHAPTER 2-8 Ignition of Liquid Fuels A. Murty Kanury 2-188 CHAPTER 2-9 Smoldering Combustion T. J. Ohlemiller 2-200 v Contents CHAPTER 2-10 Spontaneous Combustion and Self-Heating Brian Gray 2-211 CHAPTER 2-11 Flaming Ignition of Solid Fuels A. Murty Kanury 2-229 CHAPTER 2-12 Surface Flame Spread James G. Quintiere 2-246 CHAPTER 2-13 Smoke Production and Properties George W. Mulholland 2-258 CHAPTER 2-14 Heat Fluxes from Fires to Surfaces Brian Y. Lattimer 2-269 CHAPTER 2-15 Liquid Fuel Fires D. T. Gottuk and D. A. White 2-297 SECTION THREE • HAZARD CALCULATIONS CHAPTER 3-1 Heat Release Rates Vytenis Babrauskas 3-1 CHAPTER 3-2 Calorimetry Marc Janssens 3-38 CHAPTER 3-3 The Cone Calorimeter Vytenis Babrauskas 3-63 CHAPTER 3-4 Generation of Heat and Chemical Compounds in Fires Archibald Tewarson 3-82 CHAPTER 3-5 Compartment Fire Modeling James G. Quintiere 3-162 CHAPTER 3-6 Estimating Temperatures in Compartment Fires William D. Walton and Philip H. Thomas 3-171 CHAPTER 3-7 Zone Computer Fire Models for Enclosures William D. Walton 3-189 CHAPTER 3-8 Modeling Enclosure Fires Using CFD Geoff Cox and Suresh Kumar 3-194 CHAPTER 3-9 Smoke and Heat Venting Leonard Y. Cooper 3-219 CHAPTER 3-10 Compartment Fire-Generated Environment and Smoke Filling Leonard Y. Cooper 3-243 CHAPTER 3-11 Fire Hazard Calculations for Large, Open Hydrocarbon Fires Craig L. Beyler 3-268 CHAPTER 3-12 Behavioral Response to Fire and Smoke John L. Bryan 3-315 CHAPTER 3-13 Movement of People: The Evacuation Timing Guylène Proulx 3-342 CHAPTER 3-14 Emergency Movement Harold E. “Bud” Nelson and Frederick W. Mowrer 3-367 CHAPTER 3-15 Stochastic Models of Fire Growth G. Ramachandran 3-381 CHAPTER 3-16 Explosion Protection Robert Zalosh 3-402 SECTION FOUR • DESIGN CALCULATIONS CHAPTER 4-1 Design of Detection Systems Robert P. Schifiliti, Brian J. Meacham, and Richard L. P. Custer 4-1 CHAPTER 4-2 Hydraulics John J. Titus 4-44 CHAPTER 4-3 Automatic Sprinkler System Calculations Russell P. Fleming 4-72 CHAPTER 4-4 Foam Agents and AFFF System Design Considerations Joseph L. Scheffey 4-88 vi CHAPTER 4-5 Foam System Calculations Joseph L. Scheffey and Harry E. Hickey 4-123 CHAPTER 4-6 Halon Design Calculations Casey C. Grant 4-149 CHAPTER 4-7 Halon Replacement Clean Agent Total Flooding Systems Philip J. DiNenno 4-173 CHAPTER 4-8 Fire Temperature-Time Relations T. T. Lie 4-201 CHAPTER 4-9 Analytical Methods for Determining Fire Resistance of Steel Members James A. Milke 4-209 CHAPTER 4-10 Analytical Methods for Determining Fire Resistance of Concrete Members Charles Fleischmann and Andy Buchanan 4-239 CHAPTER 4-11 Analytical Methods for Determining Fire Resistance of Timber Members Robert H. White 4-257 CHAPTER 4-12 Smoke Control John H. Klote 4-274 CHAPTER 4-13 Smoke Management in Covered Malls and Atria James A. Milke 4-292 CHAPTER 4-14 Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems Jack R. Mawhinney and Gerard G. Back, III 4-311 SECTION FIVE • FIRE RISK ANALYSIS CHAPTER 5-1 Introduction to Fire Risk Analysis John M. Watts, Jr., and John R. Hall, Jr. 5-1 CHAPTER 5-2 Decision Analysis H. A. Donegan 5-8 CHAPTER 5-3 Reliability Mohammad Modarres and Francisco Joglar-Billoch 5-24 CHAPTER 5-4 Uncertainty Kathy A. Notarianni 5-40 CHAPTER 5-5 Data for Engineering Analysis John R. Hall, Jr., and Martha J. Ahrens 5-65 CHAPTER 5-6 Measuring Fire Consequences in Economic Terms G. Ramachandran, revised by John R. Hall, Jr. 5-79 CHAPTER 5-7 Engineering Economics John M. Watts, Jr., and Robert E. Chapman 5-93 CHAPTER 5-8 Extreme Value Theory G. Ramachandran 5-105 CHAPTER 5-9 Computer Simulation for Fire Protection Engineering William G. B. Phillips, revised by Douglas K. Beller and Rita F. Fahy 5-112 CHAPTER 5-10 Fire Risk Indexing John M. Watts, Jr. 5-125 CHAPTER 5-11 Product Fire Risk John R. Hall, Jr. 5-143 CHAPTER 5-12 Building Fire Risk Analysis Brian J. Meacham 5-153 CHAPTER 5-13 Quantitative Risk Assessment in Chemical Process Industries Thomas F. Barry 5-176 CHAPTER 5-14 Fire Risk Assessment for Nuclear Power Plants Nathan Siu 5-214 CHAPTER 5-15 Fire Hazard Assessment for Transportation Vehicles Richard W. Bukowski 5-227 vii APPENDICES APPENDIX A Conversion Factors A-1 APPENDIX B Thermophysical Property Data A-23 APPENDIX C Fuel Properties and Combustion Data A-34 APPENDIX D Configuration Factors A-43 APPENDIX E Piping Properties A-47 Index I-1