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World Hotels - Principles of Fire Behavior
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List Price: $129.95
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Manufacturer: Delmar Cengage Learning
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 628.92
EAN: 9780827377325
ISBN: 0827377320
Label: Delmar Cengage Learning
Manufacturer: Delmar Cengage Learning
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 258
Publication Date: 1997-08-04
Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning
Studio: Delmar Cengage Learning
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Fire fighters, building officials, fire investigators and product manufacturers will enhance their critical store of knowledge with this book on fire behavior. Easy to read, the text covers the four forms of fire while thoroughly discussing heat transfer, ignition, flame spread, fire plumes, heat flux as a damage variable, and other vital issues. With its explanation of fire modeling, Principles of Fire Behavior keeps professionals abreast of the latest design, analysis, and investigative techniques. Coverage of formulas help professionals understand the science behind fire- and how it applies to their particular craft.
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Summary: Great Product. Superfast Shipper. Thanks.
Comment: Book was in great shape. I would love to do business with you again. Great Product.
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Summary: Principles of Fire Behavior
Comment: The book has never heard of "laymans" terms, so be prepared for some tough reading. Our teachers feel we should burn it but it is the ONLY book written for the course material.
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Summary: Principles of Fire Behaviour
Comment: As the first word states in the title, the book offers a wide overview on fire behaviour. Personaly the book represented the introduction to the Heat Transfer Class during the MSc in Fire Safety Enginnering at UUJ. Providing me with the necessary fundamentals it was a great help to approch further studies of scientific papers.
The book is very well written. It is kept to a simple level for the obvious purpose of providing the student with basic undestanding of complicated issues. From my personal point of view, the simplicity and fluidity of the book are an huge advantage of the work itself, at least among all those which I have came accross.
Strongly advised for those who are approching a fire enginnering degree and also for those professional which need a mental stimulus for solving fire engineering issues. Very interesting: Ignition, Radiation, Fire Behavior, Plume Behavior and the articles collection of fire investigation at the end of the book.
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Summary: lacks fundamental explinations
Comment: Being in the fire service for nearly 10 years and an instructor, this book does well for individuals with a decent level of fire knowledge. However, for the fundamental student or beginner fire fighter, this book lacks serious explinations of the basic concepts. This book has done nothing but confuse students with it's constant bombardment of calculations without providing clear explinations.
Outside sources are constantly used to supliment what this book lacks.
If it's used for a begining Fire Engineering or as a suppliment book for Fire Behavior, I would recommend it. But the lack of the fundamentals that it mystically tries to build on, is extremely frustrating and lacks any sort of foundation.
Advanced levels - I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5
Beginner levels - I'd give it a 1 out of 5
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Summary: I recommend this book for entry level fire related people!
Comment: I recommend this book for those who want to start studying the reality of fire behavior. This is really well-written book! The first description of candle flame is very interesting. You can work the flame behavior experiment from his description. It's fun!
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