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1st ed. |
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1 online resource (x, 189 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-184) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Risk Analysis in Building Fire Safety Engineering -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Dedication -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General description of building fires -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The combustion phenomenon -- 2.2.1 The classic triangle concept of fire -- 2.2.2 The tetrahedron concept of fire -- 2.3 Fire spread -- 2.4 Enclosure fires -- 2.5 The fire safety system -- 2.5.1 Introduction -- 2.5.2 Subsystems -- 3 Elements of probability theory -- 3.1 Why do we need probability theory? -- 3.2 The sample space -- 3.2.1 Events -- 3.3 The probability measure -- 3.4 Conditional probability -- 3.5 The theorem of total probability -- 3.6 The concept of independence -- 3.7 Random variables -- 3.7.1 Types of random variables -- 3.7.2 Discrete random variables -- 3.7.3 Continuous random variables -- 3.7.4 Quantiles -- 3.8 Mathematical expectation -- 3.8.1 Laws of expectation -- 3.8.2 Moments -- 3.8.3 Moments about the mean (central moments) -- 3.8.4 Variance -- 3.8.5 Variance of a linear function of a random variable -- 3.9 Jointly distributed random variables -- 3.9.1 Marginal distributions -- 3.9.2 Conditional distributions -- 3.10 Independence -- 3.10.1 Bivariate moments -- 3.10.2 Matrix formulation -- 3.10.3 Sampling -- 3.10.4 Quantiles of a random sample -- 3.10.5 Quantile-quantile plot -- 3.11 Some probability distributions -- 3.11.1 Discrete probability distributions -- 3.11.2 Continuous probability distributions -- 3.12 Estimation -- 3.13 Confidence interval -- 3.14 Regression -- 3.14.1 An example -- 3.14.2 Evaluation of coefficients -- 3.14.3 Analysis of variance -- 3.14.4 Multiple linear regression -- 3.14.5 Analysis of variance for multiple linear regression -- 3.14.6 Example 1 -- 3.14.7 Polynomial regression -- 4 Beta reliability index -- 4.1 The multivariate normal distribution -- 4.2 The limit state formulation of safety -- 4.3 The case of one variable -- 4.4 The multivariate case -- 4.5 Example -- 5 The Monte Carlo method -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The confidence interval for a Monte Carlo simulation -- 5.3 Confirmation of reliability by Monte Carlo -- 6 Event and fault trees -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Steps in risk analysis -- 6.2.1 Loss scenario development -- 6.2.2 Exposure assessment -- 6.2.3 Fire protection systems -- 6.3 Event trees -- 6.4 Fault trees -- 6.4.1 Aim -- 6.4.2 Fault events -- 6.4.3 Evaluation of the fault tree -- 6.4.4 Qualitative evaluation of the fault tree -- 6.4.5 Dual fault trees -- 6.4.6 Probability evaluation of fault trees -- 7 Performance-based optimal design -- 7.1 Historical situation -- 7.2 Performance-based design -- 7.3 Risk assessment models -- 7.4 Knowledge uncertainty and stochastic uncertainty -- 7.5 Expected value decisions -- 8 Risk analysis of fire initiation -- 8.1 Ignition frequency -- 8.1.1 Dependence on the floor area -- 8.1.2 Time distribution of igni. |
| Summary |
This book bridges the gap between risk assessment and fire safety engineering like few other resources. As all required knowledge for Probability and Statistics for Fire Engineering is included in the preliminary chapters, the book is suitable for teaching Fire Engineering components in a wide range of engineering courses for senior graduates and for postgraduate students of Fire Engineering. It will also serve as a comprehensive reference for professionals. This book describes the theory and the models involved in risk analysis, and includes case studies of multiple fire scenarios. Building f. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fire risk assessment -- Mathematical models.
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Fire risk assessment -- Mathematical models. |
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Fire risk assessment. |
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Fire protection engineering.
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Fire protection engineering. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Beck, V. R. (Vaughan Rodney)
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Bennetts, I. D.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hasofer, A.M. Risk analysis in building fire safety engineering. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier ; Oxford ; Burlington, Mass. : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007 (OCoLC)71284941 |
| ISBN |
0080467261 (electronic book) |
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9780080467269 (electronic book) |
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9781136368127 (electronic book) |
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1136368124 (electronic book) |
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075068156X (Cloth) |
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9780750681568 |
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