SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection EngineeringEdition 5

• Step-by-step equations that explain engineering calculations
• Comprehensive revision of the coverage of human behavior in fire, including several new chapters on egress system design, occupant evacuation scenarios, combustion toxicity and data for human behavior analysis
• Revised fundamental chapters for a stronger sense of context
• Added chapters on fire protection system selection and design, including selection of fire safety systems, system activation and controls and CO2 extinguishing systems
• Recent advances in fire resistance design
• Addition of new chapters on industrial fire protection, including vapor clouds, effects of thermal radiation on people, BLEVEs, dust explosions and gas and vapor explosions
• New chapters on fire load density, curtain walls, wildland fires and vehicle tunnels
• Essential reference appendices on conversion factors, thermophysical property data, fuel properties and combustion data, configuration factors and piping properties
  

“Three-volume set; not available separately”