Temperature Calculation in Fire Safety Engineering

• Main Author: Wickström, Ulf (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Electric power production.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Civil engineering.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Civil Engineering.; Energy Technology.

This book provides a consistent scientific background to engineering calculation methods applicable to analyses of materials reaction-to-fire, as well as fire resistance of structures. Several new and unique formulas and diagrams which facilitate calculations are presented. It focuses on problems in...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Steady State Conduction in One Dimension
• Unsteady-state or Transient Conduction
• Boundary Conditions in Fire Protection Engineering
• Heat Transfer by Radiation
• Heat Transfer by Convection
• Numerical Methods
• Thermal Ignition Theory
• Measurements of Temperature and Heat Flux
• Post-flashover Compartment Fires: One-Zone Models
• Pre-flashover Compartment Fires: Two-Zone Models
• Fire Exposure of Structures According to Standards
• Temperature of Steel Structures
• Temperatures of Concrete Structures
• Temperature of Timber Structures. .