Mechanism Of Fires: Chemistry And Physical Aspects - 9783030755003

This textbook on fire dynamics provides a comprehensive description of fuels involved in fires, definitions related to fire, thermodynamics for fire calculations, basics of transport processes and fundamental aspects of combustion related to fire, physical descriptions of premixed and non-premixed flames, detailed analysis of the characteristics of fires from solid and liquid fuels, including ignition, spread and burning rates and physical aspects of fire plumes, compartment fires and dust fires. The contents also highlight fundamental aspects related to the evaporation of liquid fuels and pyrolysis of solid fuels which are explained with simplified mathematical expressions. The book includes pedagogical features such as worked examples to illustrate mathematical calculations involved in fire analysis and end-of-chapter review questions. This book proves useful for students, researchers and industry professionals alike.

• | Author: Ali S. Rangwala, Vasudevan Raghavan
• | Publisher: Springer
• | Publication Date: Feb 03, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 248 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 3030755002
• | ISBN-13: 9783030755003