Principles of Fire Behavior

Name: Principles of Fire Behavior
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781498735629
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By James G. Quintiere

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Principles of Fire Behavior offers a detailed quantitative exploration of the scientific principles underlying fire. It addresses the four main types of fire—diffusion flames, smouldering, spontaneous combustion, and premixed flames—while explaining concepts such as heat transfer, ignition, flame spread, fire plumes, and heat flux. Featuring case studies, examples, problems, and selected colour illustrations, this text supports students in fire safety and investigation to grasp fire behaviour through a scientific lens.
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Ideal for students and professionals in fire safety engineering and fire investigation seeking a rigorous understanding of fire behaviour grounded in scientific and engineering principles.

Description

This text covers the four forms of fire: diffusion flames, smouldering, spontaneous combustion, and premixed flames. Using a quantitative approach, the text introduces the scientific principles of fire behaviour, with coverage of heat transfer, ignition, flame spread, fire plumes, and heat flux as a damage variable.

Cases, examples, problems, selected colour illustrations and review of mathematics help students in fire safety and investigation understand fire from a scientific point of view.

Principles of Fire Behavior is an essential text for those wishing to delve deeper into the scientific aspects of fire.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781498735629

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 24 August 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: CRC Press Inc

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 43 Tables, black and white; 25 Illustrations, color; 212 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 800g

Pages: 413

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Education & Reference Engineering, Technology & Agriculture James G. Quintiere Non-Fiction

About the Author

Dr. James Quintiere received his PhD from New York University in 1970, and is currently Professor Emeritus, Department of Fire Protection, at the University of Maryland in College Park. He has over thirty years of experience in fire research and teaching, and has written the popular textbook PRINCIPLES OF FIRE BEHAVIOR, and co-authored ENCLOSURE FIRE DYNAMICS with Bjorn Karlsson. He has investigated numerous fire disasters, including the Branch Davidian Compound fire in Waco, Texas, and the 1986 New Year’s Eve DuPont Plaza fire in Puerto Rico. His testimony during the civil trial on the Waco tragedy was pivotal to the jury’s conclusion that the fires were not the result of federal authorities’ actions. Dr. Quintiere is the author of more than 75 journal publications and reports, and is the past chair, International Association for Fire Safety Science. He is also the recipient of the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal (1976) and Silver Medal (1982).