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Principles of Fire Behavior [Hardcover]

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  • Hardcover: 258 pages
  • Publisher: Delmar Thomson Learning
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0827377339
  • ISBN-13: 978-0827377332
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,442,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A thorough, quantitative look at fire and flame science, November 26, 1998
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The book does a thorough job of teaching fire science and behavior. Numerous example calculations are given to demonstrate the principles behind different types of flame creation and propagation. This would be a good book for both self study and as a companion guide to a fire science class.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Principles of Fire Behaviour, January 8, 2005
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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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars lacks fundamental explinations, November 3, 2004
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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