SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering

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The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, 5th edition, is the definitive reference on fire protection engineering and performance-based fire safety. Over 130 eminent fire engineers and researchers contributed chapters to the Handbook, representing universities and organizations worldwide. It remains the essential source for:

• Fire safety engineering fundamentals
• Fire dynamics
• Hazard calculations
• Fire risk analysis, modeling, and more. 

With 17 new chapters and over 1,800 figures, the 5th edition contains: 

• Step-by-step equations that explain engineering calculations
• Revised 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 chapters for a stronger sense of context 
• Added chapters on fire protection system selection and design, including a selection of fire safety systems, system activation and controls, and CO2 extinguishing systems 
• Recent progress in fire resistance design 
• 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.”