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| About the Author | |
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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| Preface to the Third Edition | |
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| List of Symbols and Abbreviations | |
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| Fire Science and Combustion | |
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| Fuels and the Combustion Process | |
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| The Nature of Fuels | |
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| Thermal Decomposition and Stability of Polymers | |
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| The Physical Chemistry of Combustion in Fires | |
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| The Ideal Gas Law | |
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| Vapour Pressure of Liquids | |
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| Combustion and Energy Release | |
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| The Mechanism of Gas Phase Combustion | |
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| Temperatures of Flames | |
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| Problems | |
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| Heat Transfer | |
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| Summary of the Heat Transfer Equations | |
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| Conduction | |
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| Steady State Conduction | |
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| Non-steady State Conduction | |
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| Numerical Methods of Solving Time-dependent Conduction Problems | |
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| Convection | |
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| Radiation | |
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| Configuration Factors | |
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| Radiation from Hot Gases and Non-luminous Flames | |
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| Radiation from Luminous Flames and Hot Smoky Gases | |
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| Problems | |
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| Limits of Flammability and Premixed Flames | |
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| Limits of Flammability | |
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| Measurement of Flammability Limits | |
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| Characterization of the Lower Flammability Limit | |
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| Dependence of Flammability Limits on Temperature and Pressure | |
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| Flammability Diagrams | |
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| The Structure of a Premixed Flame | |
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| Heat Losses from Premixed Flames | |
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| Measurement of Burning Velocities | |
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| Variation of Burning Velocity with Experimental Parameters | |
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| Variation of Mixture Composition | |
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| Variation of Temperature | |
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| Variation of Pressure | |
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| Addition of Suppressants | |
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| The Effect of Turbulence | |
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| Problems | |
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| Diffusion Flames and Fire Plumes | |
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| Laminar Jet Flames | |
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| Turbulent Jet Flames | |
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| Flames from Natural Fires | |
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| The Buoyant Plume | |
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| The Fire Plume | |
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| Interaction of the Fire Plume with Compartment Boundaries | |
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| The Effect of Wind on the Fire Plume | |
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| Some Practical Applications | |
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| Radiation from Flames | |
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| The Response of Ceiling-mounted Fire Detectors | |
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| Interaction between Sprinkler Sprays and the Fire Plume | |
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| The Removal of Smoke | |
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| Modelling | |
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| Problems | |
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| Steady Burning of Liquids and Solids | |
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| Burning of Liquids | |
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| Pool Fires | |
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| Spill Fires | |
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| Burning of Liquid Droplets | |
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| Pressurized and Cryogenic Liquids | |
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| Burning of Solids | |
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| Burning of Synthetic Polymers | |
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| Burning of Wood | |
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| Burning of Dusts and Powders | |
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| Problems | |
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| Ignition: The Initiation of Flaming Combustion | |
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| Ignition of Flammable Vapour/Air Mixtures | |
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| Ignition of Liquids | |
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| Ignition of Low Flashpoint Liquids | |
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| Ignition of High Flashpoint Liquids | |
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| Auto-ignition of Liquid Fuels | |
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| Piloted Ignition of Solids | |
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| Ignition during a Constant Heat Flux | |
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| Ignition Involving a ‘Discontinuous’ Heat Flux | |
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| Spontaneous Ignition of Solids | |
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| Surface Ignition by Flame Impingement | |
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| Extinction of Flame | |
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| Extinction of Premixed Flames | |
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| Extinction of Diffusion Flames | |
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| Problems | |
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| Spread of Flame | |
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| Flame Spread Over Liquids | |
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| Flame Spread Over Solids | |
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| Surface Orientation and Direction of Propagation | |
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| Thickness of the Fuel | |
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| Density, Thermal Capacity and Thermal Conductivity | |
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| Geometry of the Sample | |
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| Environmental Effects | |
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| Flame Spread Modelling | |
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| Spread of Flame through Open Fuel Beds | |
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| Applications | |
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| Radiation-enhanced Flame Spread | |
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| Rate of Vertical Spread | |
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| Problems | |
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| Spontaneous Ignition within Solids and Smouldering Combustion | |
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| Spontaneous Ignition in Bulk Solids | |
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| Application of the Frank-Kamenetskii Model | |
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| The Thomas Model | |
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| Ignition of Dust Layers | |
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| Ignition of Oil – Soaked Porous Substrates | |
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| Spontaneous Ignition in Haystacks | |
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| Smouldering Combustion | |
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| Factors Affecting the Propagation of Smouldering | |
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| Transition from Smouldering to Flaming Combustion | |
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| Initiation of Smouldering Combustion | |
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| The Chemical Requirements for Smouldering | |
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| Glowing Combustion | |
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| Problems | |
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| The Pre-flashover Compartment Fire | |
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| The Growth Period and the Definition of Flashover | |
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| Growth to Flashover | |
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| Conditions Necessary for Flashover | |
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| Fuel and Ventilation Conditions Necessary for Flashover | |
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| Factors Affecting Time to Flashover | |
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| Factors Affecting Fire Growth | |
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| Problems | |
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| The Post-flashover Compartment Fire | |
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| Regimes of Burning | |
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| Fully Developed Fire Behaviour | |
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| Temperatures Achieved in Fully Developed Fires | |
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| Experimental Study of Fully Developed Fires in Single Compartments | |
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| Mathematical Models for Compartment Fire Temperatures | |
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| Fires in Large Compartments | |
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| Fire Resistance and Fire Severity | |
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| Methods of Calculating Fire Resistance | |
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| Projection of Flames from Burning Compartments | |
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| Spread of Fire from a Compartment | |
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| Problems | |
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| Smoke: Its Formation, Composition and Movement | |
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| Formation and Measurement of Smoke | |
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| Production of Smoke Particles | |
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| Measurement of Particulate Smoke | |
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| Methods of Test for Smoke Production Potential | |
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| The Toxicity of Smoke | |
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| Smoke Movement | |
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| Forces Responsible for Smoke Movement | |
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| Rate of Smoke Production in Fires | |
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| Smoke Control Systems | |
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| Smoke Control in Large Spaces | |
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| Smoke Control in Shopping Centres | |
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| Smoke Control on Protected Escape Routes | |
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| References | |
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| Answers to Selected Problems | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |