Introduction to Fluid Mechanics.- Conduction of Heat in Solids.- Convection Heat Transfer.- Radiation Heat Transfer.- Thermochemistry.- Chemical Equilibrium.- Thermal Decomposition of Polymeric Materials.- Structural Mechanics.
- Properties of Building Materials.- Chemical Kinetics and Fire.- Diffusion Flames.- Fundamentals of Premixed Flames.- Fire Plumes, Flame Height, and Air Entrainment.- Ceiling Jet Flows.- Vent Flows.- Effect of Combustion Conditions on Species Production.
- Flammability Limits of Premixed and Diffusion Flames.- Ignition of Liquids.- Smoldering Combustion.- Spontaneous Combustion and Self-Heating.- Flaming Ignition of Solid Fuels.- Electrical Fires.- Surface Flame Spread.- Smoke Characterization and Damage Potential.
- Heat Fluxes from Fires to Surfaces.- Heat Release Rates.- Calorimetry.- The Cone Calorimeter.- Compartment Fire Modeling.- Estimating Temperatures in Compartment Fires.- Zone Computer Fire Models for Enclosures.- Modeling Fires Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
- Enclosure Smoke Filling and Fire-Generated Environmental Conditions.- Methods for Predicting Temperatures in Fire Exposed Structures.- Fire Load Density.- Combustion Characteristics of Materials and Generation of Fire Products.- Performance-Based Design.- Fire Scenarios.- Engineering Considerations for Fire Protection System Selection.- Design of Detection Systems.
- Hydraulics.- Automatic Sprinkler System Calculations.- Halon Design Calculations.- Clean Agent Total Flooding Fire Extinguishing Systems.- Carbon Dioxide Systems.- Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems.- Foam Agents and AFFF System Design Considerations.- Foam System Calculations- Considerations for Coordinating and Interfacing Fire Protection and Life Safety Systems.
- Smoke Control.- Smoke Management by Mechanical Exhaust or Natural Venting.- Structural Fire Engineering of Building Assemblies and Frames.- Analytical Methods for Determining Fire Resistance of Steel Members.- Analytical Methods for Determining Fire Resistance of Concrete Members.- Analytical Methods for Determining Fire Resistance of Timber Members.- Egress Concepts and Design Approaches.- Selecting Scenarios for Deterministic Fire Safety Engineering Analysis - Life Safety for Occupants.
- Human Behavior in Fire.- Employing the Hydraulic Model in Assessing Emergency Movement.- Computer Evacuation Models for Buildings.- Visibility and Human Behavior in Fire Smoke.- Combustion Toxicity.- Assessment of Hazards to Occupants from Smoke, Toxic Gases, and Heat.- Engineering Data.- Liquid Fuel Fires.
- Fire Hazard Calculations for Large, Open Hydrocarbon Fires.- Vapor Clouds.- Effects of Thermal Radiation to People Predicting 1st and 2nd Degree Skin Burns.- Flammable Gas and Vapor Explosions.- Dust Explosions.- BLEVEs and Fireballs.- Introduction to Fire Risk Analysis.- Probability & Statistics.
- Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability.- Building Fire Risk Analysis.- Uncertainty.- Decision Analysis.- Data For Engineering Analysis.- Measuring Fire Consequences in Economic Terms.- Computer Simulation for Fire Risk Analysis.- Engineering Economics.
- Fire Risk Indexing.- Risk-Informed Industrial Fire Protection Engineering.- Product Fire Risk Analysis.- Health Care Application of Quantitative Fire Risk Analysis.- The Building Envelope - Fire Spread, Construction Features and Loss Examples.- Wildland fires.- Fires in Vehicle Tunnels.- Fire Risk Assessment for Nuclear Power Plants.
- Fire Risk in Mass Transportation.- Appendix A: Conversion Factors.- Appendix B: Thermophysical Property Data.- Appendix C: Fuel Properties and Combustion Data.- Appendix D: Configuration Factors.- Appendix E: Piping Properties.