Fire Behavior and Fire Protection in Timber Buildings (eBook)

IntroductionPart 1  Behavior of timber at high temperature heating and fireChapter 1: Specificity of structure and properties of  different timber species1.1. Macro- and microstructure of deciduous and coniferous timber species1.2 Biological and genetic aspects of timber species diversity1.3 Density and moisture of timber species1.4 Thermal and physical properties of timber species1.5 Effect of heating on mechanical properties of timberChapter 2: Pyrolisis and oxidative decomposition of timber2.1 Mechanism and macrokinetics of pyrolisis of timer2.2 Decomposition of different timber species at thermal oxidation2.3 Numerical models for decomposition and charring of timberChapter 3: The ignition of timber3.1 Smoldering and glowing ignition of timber3.2 Spontaneous flaming ignition of different timber species3.3 Piloted ignition of timber from radiant heaterChapter 4: Heat release characteristics and combustion heat of timber4.1 Chemical composition and lowest heat of complete combustion of different timber species4.2 Effect of fire conditions on heat release characteristics of timberChapter 5: Flame propagation on timber surface5.1 Model approaches for flame propagation on carbonizing timber materials5.2 Flame propagation on timber surface towards to direction of oxidizer flow5.3 Flame propagation on timber surface at passing direction of oxidizer flowChapter 6: Generation of smoke and toxic products at fire of timber 6.1  Characteristics of smoking ability of different timber species6.2 Effect of timber combustion regime on toxicity of forming volatile productsPart 2:  Fire safety and fire protection of timber buildingsChapter 7: Fire safety and fire resistance of timber building structures and constructions7.1 General approaches to the system of fire safety in timber buildings and thermal fire regime’s assessment7.2 Dynamics of change of fire hazard factors during fire growth and decay phase7.3 Charring rate of different timber species and glued laminated timber at nominal fire exposure7.4 Structure and thermo-physical properties of formed superficial char layers7.5 Fire resistance of timber building members and charring depthChapter 8: Fire protection of timber building structures and constructions8.1 Recent ways and means of fire protection to increase fire safety and fire resistance of timber building structures8.2 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 characteristics8.2.2 Charring parameters of different timber species with fire retardant treatment at standard fire regime8.3 Fire protecting properties of novel environmental friendly intumescent coatings for timber based on plant raw material8.3.1 Method of oxidative modification of plant raw material and some physicochemical characteristics of products8.3.2 Effect of modification and type of plant raw material on fire protection efficiency of intumescent coatingsPart 3:  Effect of natural and accelerated artificial aging on fire behavior of timber buildingsChapter 9: Effect of natural aging of timber building structures on fire behavior and fire safety9.1 Transformations in physical structure, chemical composition and properties  in old and ancient timber buildings9.2 Effect of natural age duration on some fire safety characteristics of members of old and ancient timber buildings9.3 Charring parameters and physical properties of char formed at fire action on old timber building structures9.4 Biodegradation of solid timber and complex biological, moisture and fire protection of timber buildingsChapter 10: The changes in fire behavior timber based on different of wood species after accelerated artificial aging10.1 Methods of accelerated artificial aging of timber10.2 Results of physicochemical and thermal analysis of aged timber10.3 Fire safety indices of artificial aged timber based on different wood speciesConclusionsSubject indexAuthors’ resumes