A collection of papers that address such issues as model limits and reliability, emerging expert systems and integrated gas and solid phase combustion simulation models.
Introduction
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(4)
Chapter 1 Critical Review of Fire-Dedicated Thermal and Structural Computer Programs
5
(24)
P. J. E. Sullivan
M. J. Terro
W. A. Morris
Chapter 2 Reliability and Computer Models
29
(6)
Alan N. Beard
Chapter 3 The Potential of Expert Systems in Fire Safety Evaluation
35
(18)
H. A. Donegan
I. R. Taylor
Chapter 4 A Model of Instability and Flashover
53
(14)
Alan Beard
Dougal Drysdale
Paul Holbom
Steven Bishop
Chapter 5 Causal Probabilistic Networks with Learning: A Diagnosis Decisional Tool
67
(22)
F. Casciati
L. Faravelli
Chapter 6 Limitations of Fire Models
89
(12)
Alan N. Beard
Chapter 7 The Numerical Simulation of Fire Spread Within a Compartment Using an Integrated Gas and Solid Phase Combustion Model
101
(26)
F. Jia
E. R. Galea
M. K. Patel
Chapter 8 Numerical Modeling of Radiative Heat Transfer in Integrated CFD Fire Modeling
127
(18)
E. P. Keramida
N. N. Souris
A. G. Boudouvis
N. C. Markatos
Contributors
145
(8)
About the Editor
153
(2)
Index
155
Paul R. DeCicco is Professor Emeritus at the Polytechnic University (New York) where he taught courses in Civil and Fire Protection Engineering and has served as Director of the Center for Fire Research.
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