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Fire protection engineering in building design /

A clear and concise reference guide on integrating fire protection design, Fire Protection Engineering in Building Design encompasses not only the basic information on the functions, design, and applications of fire protection systems; but also reveals how this information can and should be integrat...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lataille, Jane I.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, ©2003.
Colección:Plant engineering (Butterworth-Heinemann (Firm))
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Importance of Integrating Fire Protection Design; What is Fire Protection Engineering?; The Discipline; The Professional Society; What FPEs Do; How Fire Protection Differs; Functions of Fire Protection Systems; Preventing and Protecting Against Fire; Reasons for Installing Fire Protection Systems; Protecting Assets; Relating Design Features to Function; Performance-Based Fire Protection Design; Design Elements; Fire Science; Design Fire Scenarios; Other Design Considerations; Examples of Performance-Based Design; Prescriptive Fire Protection Design; Desirability of Prescriptive Design; Prescriptive Codes; Inherent Risk; Design Coordination; Interfacing With the Other Disciplines; Architectural; Chemical; Electrical; Mechanical; Structural; Fire Protection for New and Existing Buildings; The Design Process; New Construction; Existing Buildings; Writing Fire Protection Specifications; Coordinating the Specifications; Traditional Project Specifications; Division 13
  • Special Construction; Fire Protection References; Related Professional Societies.