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Fire safety engineering design of structures / John A. Purkiss.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xxxiv, 389 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0750664436
  • 9780750664431 (pbk.)
  • 9788131220085
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 628.92 220 P.J.F
LOC classification:
  • TH1065 .P87 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Ch. 1. Fire safety engineering -- Ch. 2. Design philosophies -- Ch. 3. Prescriptive approach -- Ch. 4. Behaviour of natural fires -- Ch. 5. Properties of materials at elevated temperatures -- Ch. 6. Calculation approach -- Ch. 7. Design of concrete elements -- Ch. 8. Design of steel elements -- Ch. 9. Composite construction -- Ch. 10. Design of timber elements -- Ch. 11. Masonry, aluminium, plastics and glass -- Ch. 12. Frames -- Ch. 13. Assessment and repair of fire-damaged structures -- Ch. 14. Postscript.
Summary: Provides the knowledge needed to design a structure which will withstand the effects of fire. This book covers topics ranging from design concerns and philosophies, regulatory control, the behaviour characteristics of natural fires through to the properties of different materials at elevated temperatures
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Main library B4 Faculty of Engineering & Technology (Structural) 628.92 P.J.F (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00010294

Previous edition: 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-375) and indexes.

Ch. 1. Fire safety engineering --
Ch. 2. Design philosophies --
Ch. 3. Prescriptive approach --
Ch. 4. Behaviour of natural fires --
Ch. 5. Properties of materials at elevated temperatures --
Ch. 6. Calculation approach --
Ch. 7. Design of concrete elements --
Ch. 8. Design of steel elements --
Ch. 9. Composite construction --
Ch. 10. Design of timber elements --
Ch. 11. Masonry, aluminium, plastics and glass --
Ch. 12. Frames --
Ch. 13. Assessment and repair of fire-damaged structures --
Ch. 14. Postscript.

Provides the knowledge needed to design a structure which will withstand the effects of fire. This book covers topics ranging from design concerns and philosophies, regulatory control, the behaviour characteristics of natural fires through to the properties of different materials at elevated temperatures

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