Fire Safety Design and Concrete |
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| Author:
| Harmathy, Tibor Z. |
| Series title: | Concrete Design and Construction Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-470-20005-6 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1993 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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A comprehensive reference on considerations of fire safety in designing buildings, emphasizing the use of concrete. Discusses the current knowledge about the process of fire in buildings, design measures that can be taken to reduce the spread of fire and to protect occupants from smoke, the behavior of a wide range of building materials at high temperatures, fire damage to concrete and its repair, fire statistics, and British standards and regulations. Addressed to architects,...
More DescriptionA comprehensive reference on considerations of fire safety in designing buildings, emphasizing the use of concrete. Discusses the current knowledge about the process of fire in buildings, design measures that can be taken to reduce the spread of fire and to protect occupants from smoke, the behavior of a wide range of building materials at high temperatures, fire damage to concrete and its repair, fire statistics, and British standards and regulations. Addressed to architects, inspectors, regulators, and graduate and undergraduate students of safety. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR