Raging wildfires have devastated vast areas of California and Australia in recent years, and predictions are that we will see more of the same in coming years as a result of climate change. But this is nothing new. Since the dawn of life on land, large-scale fires have played th…
A gallery of combustion and fire
Containing over 500 full-color images, this book provides a graphical perspective of the extremely visual phenomenon of combustion, ranging from academic scale up to full scale industrial, under a wide range of operating conditions.
A gallery of combustion and fire
"A Gallery of Combustion and Fire is the first book to provide a graphical perspective of the extremely visual phenomenon of combustion in full color. It is designed primarily to be used in parallel with, and supplement existing combustion textbooks that are usually in black and…
"This text covers the four forms of fire: diffusion flames, smoldering, spontaneous combustion, and premixed flames. Using a quantitative approach, the text introduces the scientific principles of fire behavior, with coverage of heat transfer, ignition, flame spread, fire plumes…
Using a quantitative approach, this text covers the scientific principles of fire behavior, such as heat transfer, ignition, flame spread, fire plumes, and heat flux. With an accessible approach to science and math, numerous case studies, and selected color illustrations, this t…
We have 118 known chemical elements as our palette in our context of sustaining our world. Our context is considered in terms of the four spheres of the ancient world: Earth, Air, Fire and Water. This book shows how chemical principles can be used to understand the pressures on …
Kirk's fire investigation
by Icove, David J., DeHaan, John D., (John David), Kirk, Paul Leland
fromBrady fire