Principles of Fire Behavior

This text covers the four forms of fire: diffusion flames, smouldering, spontaneous combustion, and premixed flames. Using a quantitative approach, the text introduces the scientific principles of fire behaviour, with coverage of heat transfer, ignition, flame spread, fire plumes, and heat flux as a damage variable.

Cases, examples, problems, selected colour illustrations and review of mathematics help students in fire safety and investigation understand fire from a scientific point of view.

Principles of Fire Behavior is an essential text for those wishing to delve deeper into the scientific aspects of fire.