ABOUT THE COURSE:To enable students to apply the knowledge of combustion to fire propagation and controlTo emphasize the basics of the subject of fire, its physical characteristics and modeling. To explain the mathematics involved in transport processes during fire propagation as well as the empirical correlations for fire spread and fuel burning rates in detail.INTENDED AUDIENCE: UG, PG, MS and PhD students doing research in Combustion and related areasINDUSTRY SUPPORT: Process and Fuel Industries, Nuclear industries and Industries those handle solvents and fuels.
Theory Of Fire Propagation (Fire Dynamics)
Indian Institute of Technology Madras and NPTEL via Swayam
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Overview
Syllabus
1.Björn Karlsson and James G. Quintiere, Enclosure Fire Dynamics, CRC Press, 1999.
2.James G. Quintiere, Fundamentals of Fire Phenomena, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2006.
3.Dougal Drysdale, An Introduction to Fire Dynamics, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2011.
4.Ali S. Rangwala and V. Raghavan, Mechanism of Fires: Chemistry and Physical Aspects, ANE Publishers, 2021 and Springer, 2022.
5.Gregory E. Gorbett, James L. Pharr, and Scott Rockwell, Fire Dynamics, Pearson, 2017
2.James G. Quintiere, Fundamentals of Fire Phenomena, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2006.
3.Dougal Drysdale, An Introduction to Fire Dynamics, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2011.
4.Ali S. Rangwala and V. Raghavan, Mechanism of Fires: Chemistry and Physical Aspects, ANE Publishers, 2021 and Springer, 2022.
5.Gregory E. Gorbett, James L. Pharr, and Scott Rockwell, Fire Dynamics, Pearson, 2017
Taught by
Prof. V. Raghavan
