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Author:   Roza Aseeva ,  Boris Serkov ,  Andrey Sivenkov
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   4.569kg
ISBN:  

9789402401721

ISBN 10:   9402401725
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   23 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction.- Part 1  Behavior of timber at high temperature heating and fire- Chapter 1: Specificity of structure and properties of  different timber species.- 1.1. Macro- and microstructure of deciduous and coniferous timber species.- 1.2 Biological and genetic aspects of timber species diversity.- 1.3 Density and moisture of timber species.- 1.4 Thermal and physical properties of timber species.- 1.5 Effect of heating on mechanical properties of timber.- Chapter 2: Pyrolisis and oxidative decomposition of timber.- 2.1 Mechanism and macrokinetics of pyrolisis of timer.- 2.2 Decomposition of different timber species at thermal oxidation.- 2.3 Numerical models for decomposition and charring of timber.- Chapter 3: The ignition of timber.- 3.1 Smoldering and glowing ignition of timber.- 3.2 Spontaneous flaming ignition of different timber species.- 3.3 Piloted ignition of timber from radiant heater.- Chapter 4: Heat release characteristics and combustion heat of timber.- 4.1 Chemical composition and lowest heat of complete combustion of different timber species.- 4.2 Effect of fire conditions on heat release characteristics oftimber.- Chapter 5: Flame propagation on timber surface.- 5.1 Model approaches for flame propagation on carbonizing timber materials.- 5.2 Flame propagation on timber surface towards to direction of oxidizer flow.- 5.3 Flame propagation on timber surface at passing direction of oxidizer flow.- Chapter 6: Generation of smoke and toxic products at fire of timber.- 6.1 Characteristics of smoking ability of different timber species.- 6.2 Effect of timber combustion regime on toxicity of forming volatile products.- Part 2:  Fire safety and fire protection of timber buildings.- Chapter 7: Fire safety and fire resistance of timber building structures and constructions.- 7.1 General approaches to the system of fire safety in timber buildings and thermal fire regime’s assessment.- 7.2 Dynamics of change of fire hazard factors during fire growth and decay phase.- 7.3 Charring rate of different timber species and glued laminated timber at nominal fire exposure.- 7.4 Structure and thermo-physical properties of formed superficial char layers.- 7.5 Fire resistance of timber building members and charring depth.- Chapter 8: Fire protection of timber building structures and constructions 8.1Recent ways and means of fire protection to increase fire safety and fire resistance of timber building structures.- 8.2 Novel fire retardant impregnation compositions for treatment of timber.- 8.2.1 Effect of surface and deep of fire retardant impregnation of timber on fire safety characteristics.- 8.2.2 Charring parameters of different timber species with fire retardant treatment at standard fire regime.- 8.3 Fire protecting properties of novel environmental friendly intumescent coatings for timber based on plant raw material.- 8.3.1 Method of oxidative modification of plant raw material and some physicochemical characteristics of products.- 8.3.2 Effect of modification and type of plant raw material on fire protection efficiency of intumescent coatings.- Part 3:  Effect of natural and accelerated artificial aging on fire behavior of timber buildings.- Chapter 9: Effect of natural aging of timber building structures on fire behavior and fire safety.- 9.1 Transformations in physical structure, chemical composition and properties  in old and ancient timber buildings.- 9.2 Effect of natural age duration on some fire safety characteristics of members of old and ancient timber buildings.- 9.3 Charring parameters and physical properties of char formed at fire action on old timber building structures.- 9.4 Biodegradation of solid timber and complex biological, moisture and fire protection of timber buildings.-Chapter 10: The changes in fire behavior timber based on different of wood species after accelerated artificial aging.- 10.1 Methods of accelerated artificial aging of timber.- 10.2 Results of physicochemical and thermal analysis of aged timber.- 10.3 Fire safety indices of artificial aged timber based on different wood species.- Conclusions.- Subject index.- Authors’ resumes.

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