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Risk Analysis in Building Fire Safety Engineering

Risk Analysis in Building Fire Safety Engineering

by A. M. Hasofer, V. R. Beck and I. D. Bennetts

2007 (202 pages)

ISBN:9780750681568

With case studies and examples from across the world, this book bridges the gap between risk assessment and fire safety engineering and applies probabilistic and stochastic models to fire initiation, fire growth, smoke spread and human behavior.

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Table of Contents

Risk Analysis in Building Fire Safety Engineering
Chapter 1	-	Introduction
Chapter 2	-	General Description of Building Fires
Chapter 3	-	Elements of Probability Theory
Chapter 4	-	Beta Reliability Index
Chapter 5	-	The Monte Carlo Method
Chapter 6	-	Event and Fault Trees
Chapter 7	-	Performance-Based Optimal Design
Chapter 8	-	Risk Analysis of Fire Initiation
Chapter 9	-	Personal Factors in a Fire
Chapter 10	-	Probabilistic Modelling of Barrier Resistance
Chapter 11	-	A Stochastic Fire Growth Model
Chapter 12	-	A Stochastic Model for Smoke Spread
Chapter 13	-	A Stochastic Model for Human Behaviour
Chapter 14	-	Performance Assessment of Fire Safety Systems
Chapter 15	-	Stochastic Modelling of Fire Brigade Response
Chapter 16	-	Risk Analysis of an Assembly Hall
Chapter 17	-	The Building at 140 William Street
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