This definitive reference on fire protection engineering, revised and significantly expanded for the Sixth Edition, features both new and substantially updated information. The book provides unparalleled treatment of the current best practices in...Loe edasi...
Data Driven Methods for Civil Structural Health Monitoring and Resilience: Latest Developments and Applications provides an overview of data-driven methods for structural health monitoring (SHM) and resilience of civil engineering structures, mostly...Loe edasi...
This second edition of TALL has been updated with new information about the construction of high-rise architecture. A lot has happened in the world since 2019 when the first edition was published and so the updates respond to these change...Loe edasi...
This second edition of TALL has been updated with new information about the construction of high-rise architecture, responding to changes since the first edition was published in 2019. It continues to provide a practical guide and desk-reference t...Loe edasi...
Contractor management has become an essential component of operational success, risk mitigation, and regulatory compliance across industries. As hiring clients place increasing demands on their contractors, understanding the expectations and the r...Loe edasi...
This book details the prevention and control of coal fire disasters. It mainly describes the occurrence and evolution mechanism of coal fire, the characteristic parameters and information recognition of coal fire and briefly introduces the detection...Loe edasi...
This open access book addresses a critical challenge in modern construction: ensuring the safety of hazardous and complex engineering structures, such as super-tall buildings and large-span structures characterized by their slenderness and scale. Th...Loe edasi...
This new edition features the most up-to-date references on fire protection water supply demands, aligned to match the requirements of the latest codes and standards. The book retains its class-tested prese...Loe edasi...
Fires continue to be an increasing threat to buildings and construction sites. Under construction, buildings are very vulnerable to fire hazards. Modifications made to buildings over time, whether for maintenance, repair or improvements, can signi...Loe edasi...
Fire Prevention in Modern Construction: A Practical Guide introduces and explains the fundamentals of construction fire safety. It explores applicable codes and standards while providing a fundamental understanding of common fire protection...Loe edasi...
This open access book explores the flame resistance characteristics and underlying mechanisms that contribute to explosion protection in highly active combustible media. It focuses on the flame resistance properties of wire mesh and corrugated flame...Loe edasi...
This book is intended to help people newly involved in the development of workplace safety and health programs to understand principles and concepts that can help them roll out what is often referred to as a “safety program.” It introduces the saf...Loe edasi...
This book is intended to help people newly involved in the development of workplace safety and health programs to understand principles and concepts that can help them roll out what is often referred to as a “safety program”. This b...Loe edasi...
This book provides an integrated and up-to-date overview of resilience thinking applied to urban transit systems, with a clear structure reflecting the logical progression from understanding vulnerabilities to implementing enhancement strategies....Loe edasi...
This book belongs to the field of mine safety, and it first introduces the severity of mine fire and the impact of mine fire on air flow through practical cases, and then leads to the most important control technology of underground air flow during...Loe edasi...
This book presents research which gets shaped around three main pillars: Damage and Loss Data, Spatial Planning and Resilience Management. It considers Spatial Planning as key for risk reduction, prevention and climate change adaptation and highli...Loe edasi...
Fire Behaviour and the Residual Mechanical Properties of Structural Concrete helps readers understand these processes, enabling engineers and researchers to develop effective fire protection measures and design guidelines for concrete structur...Loe edasi...
This volume provides the information and methodology needed to predict the thermal boundary condition for a fire over time. The methods contained herein are based on experimental measurements and correlations, and mostly give global rather than loca...Loe edasi...
This open access book examines the mechanisms of composite explosion inhibition and venting protection. It focuses on the characteristics and influencing factors of methanecoal dust two-phase mixture explosions, including: ...Loe edasi...
This book delves into the critical role of cutting-edge architectural and engineering solutions in creating safer, more supportive healthcare environments. It describes how smart design choices can revolutionize infection control, patient comfort,...Loe edasi...
This book highlights the utilization of biomaterials as emerging suitable and effective flame retardants (FRs) to replace most of the conventional FRs (e.g., halogenated FRs). Biomaterials are considered to be sustainable, biodegradable, and renewab...Loe edasi...
Industrial explosions can occur anywhere where combustible powders and/or flammable vapours are handled, such as facilities dealing with wood, flour, starch, sugar, rubber, plastics, pharmaceuticals, oil, gas, and other industries. Explosions can...Loe edasi...
This volume gathers the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Resilience, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Health Monitoring (ICONREM), held in Turin, Italy on June 24-28, 2024. The conference fostered new paradigms in the interf...Loe edasi...
Principles and Practice of Forensic Mechanical Engineering explains the physical processes and causes of failures that result in physical or bodily damage. It discusses the nature of defects and defines the three types – design defects, man...Loe edasi...
This book introduces details of inspection criteria and inspection techniques, which are widely recognized by the marine construction industry as a reliable means of inspection of structure members and their welds during the construction of surface...Loe edasi...
Technical rules like the IGF code are developed by large groups of experts over long periods of time. Explaining the background for the requirements of such rules is not part of the development process. As a result, the reasoning behind the rules is...Loe edasi...
This book gathers the proceedings of the 18th World Conference on Seismic Isolation (18WCSI), held in Antalya, Turkey, on November 6-10, 2023. Organized by Turkish Association for Seismic Isolation (TASI) and endorsed by Anti-Seismic Systems Interna...Loe edasi...
This book gathers proceedings of the 18th World Conference on Seismic Isolation (18WCSI), held in Antalya, Türkiye on November 6-10, 2023. Organized by the Turkish Association for Seismic Isolation (TASI) and endorsed by the Anti-Seismic Systems Int...Loe edasi...
This definitive reference on fire protection engineering, revised and significantly expanded for the Sixth Edition, features both new and substantially updated information. The book provides unparalleled treatment of the current best practices in...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: De Gruyter, ISBN-13: 9783111243351)
Textile based personal protective equipment (PPE) is one of the fundamental needs for human beings, especially who are working in hazardous environment, namely firefighters, healthcare workers, and agricultural workers. PPE is also a second skin of...Loe edasi...
Data Driven Methods for Civil Structural Health Monitoring and Resilience: Latest Developments and Applications provides an overview of data-driven methods for structural health monitoring (SHM) and resilience of civil engineering structures, mostly...Loe edasi...
This second edition of TALL has been updated with new information about the construction of high-rise architecture. A lot has happened in the world since 2019 when the first edition was published and so the updates respond to these change...Loe edasi...
This second edition of TALL has been updated with new information about the construction of high-rise architecture, responding to changes since the first edition was published in 2019. It continues to provide a practical guide and desk-reference t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Fire Engineering Books, ISBN-13: 9781593705282)
In the new and expanded edition of The Evolving Fireground: Research-Based Tactics, Deputy Chief P.J. Norwood and Captain Sean Gray discuss how fireground strategy and tactics have evolved in light of fire research conducted around the wo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, ISBN-13: 9781284316957)
This Seventh Edition meets the National Fire Academys Fire and Emergency Services Higher Education course objectives and outcomes for the Associates Core level course-- Provided by publisher....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, ISBN-13: 9781284291308)
In 1971, Francis L. Brannigan created Building Construction for the Fire Service, a groundbreaking resource offering a comprehensive description of building construction available to firefighters. The legacy of Frank Brannigans work continues with ...Loe edasi...
Contractor management has become an essential component of operational success, risk mitigation, and regulatory compliance across industries. As hiring clients place increasing demands on their contractors, understanding the expectations and the r...Loe edasi...
Some fires do not start on the fireground. They start in conversations, in silence, in unchecked behavior, and in the cultural embers that slowly burn inside our organizations.Managing people today is more complex and riskier than ever. Tec...Loe edasi...
This book details the prevention and control of coal fire disasters. It mainly describes the occurrence and evolution mechanism of coal fire, the characteristic parameters and information recognition of coal fire and briefly introduces the detection...Loe edasi...
This open access book addresses a critical challenge in modern construction: ensuring the safety of hazardous and complex engineering structures, such as super-tall buildings and large-span structures characterized by their slenderness and scale. Th...Loe edasi...
This new edition features the most up-to-date references on fire protection water supply demands, aligned to match the requirements of the latest codes and standards. The book retains its class-tested prese...Loe edasi...
Fires continue to be an increasing threat to buildings and construction sites. Under construction, buildings are very vulnerable to fire hazards. Modifications made to buildings over time, whether for maintenance, repair or improvements, can signi...Loe edasi...
Fire Prevention in Modern Construction: A Practical Guide introduces and explains the fundamentals of construction fire safety. It explores applicable codes and standards while providing a fundamental understanding of common fire protection...Loe edasi...
Fire Engineering presents Your Humble Ol’ Captain, the complete archive of the late technical editor Captain Bill Gustin’s Fire Engineering magazine articles from 1992 to 2024.With hundreds of photographs and a meticulous step-by-step style...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Mar-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, ISBN-13: 9781284325416)
The Complete Teaching and Learning Solution for Firefighter I and Firefighter II with Hazardous Materials Response CoursesThoroughly revised and updated, the NEW Navigate Premier Access for the Fifth Edition of F...Loe edasi...
This open access book explores the flame resistance characteristics and underlying mechanisms that contribute to explosion protection in highly active combustible media. It focuses on the flame resistance properties of wire mesh and corrugated flame...Loe edasi...
