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The document provides an overview of the history and evolution of the SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. It summarizes the development of the first three editions from 1981-2002 including the number of chapters and pages in each edition. It highlights some of the key chapters and topics covered in Section 1 on Fundamentals, which provides introductory material on various engineering principles related to fire such as heat transfer, combustion, and material properties. The challenges of integrating computer modeling and additional subjects are also discussed.

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Sfpe Handbook Overview

The document provides an overview of the history and evolution of the SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. It summarizes the development of the first three editions from 1981-2002 including the number of chapters and pages in each edition. It highlights some of the key chapters and topics covered in Section 1 on Fundamentals, which provides introductory material on various engineering principles related to fire such as heat transfer, combustion, and material properties. The challenges of integrating computer modeling and additional subjects are also discussed.

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Overview & Background

SFPE Handbook
of Fire Protection Engineering

Philip J. DiNenno, PE
Presented at
SFPE Annual Meeting
Sept. 29, 2003
Baltimore, MD
Background to First Edition
(1981-1985)
„ Concept arose from Engineering Education
Committee (DiNenno, Walton, Beyler, Watts,
Custer)
„ Relatively rapid changes in quantifiable
methods
„ Harvard Fire Model (78-79)
„ Annual NIST CFR conferences
„ Lack of textbooks (Drysdale – 1985)
„ A lot of effort and reference material to do a
simple calculation
„ Need for base document for NCEES exam
„ Institutionalize a different vision of profession
„ Pre-requisite for engineering analysis
Background
„ Intended primarily as handbook summarizing
„ calculation methods
„ Work on 1st Edition begun in 1985
„ $5K funding from SFPE BOD (not all spent)
„ Basic structure: Four sections
„ Section 1: Fundamentals
„ Craig Beyler (27 chapters)
„ Section 2: Hazard Analysis Calculations
„ Doug Walton (7 chapters)
„ Section 3: Design Calculations
„ Dick Custer (9 chapters)
„ Section 4: Fire Risk Calculations
„ Jack Watts (11 chapters)
„ 54 chapters, 809 pages
„ Leap of Faith by Authors
„ Publisher selection
„ NFPA – Jim Linville (Managing Editor)
Second Edition (Published 1995)
„ Added two new editors
„ Dougal Drysdale, Univ. of
Edinburgh
„ John Hall, NFPA
„ Reorganized book
„ Section 1: Fundamentals
„ Section 2: Fire Dynamics
„ Section 3: Hazard
Calculations
„ Section 4: Design Calculations
„ Section 5: Fire Risk Analysis
„ 61 chapters, 1067 pp
„ View expanded beyond
calculation methods
„ More material on modeling
„ Application areas of risk
assessment
„ Expanded appendices
„ New technology
Third Edition (Published 2002)
„ Fire integration of SFPE Design
Guide/Engineering Method "Fire Hazard
Calculations for Large, Open Hydrocarbon
Fires", Craig Beyler
„ Further integration of Fire Dynamics &
Hazard Calculations
„ "Heat Fluxes from Fires to Surfaces", Brian
Lattimer
„ "Liquid Fuel Fires", Dan Gottuk & Derek
White
„ "Visibility and Human Behavior In Smoke",
Tadahisa Jin
„ New Material
„ "Modeling Enclosure Fires Using CFD", Geolf
Cox and Suresh Kumar?
„ "Movement of People: The Evacuation
Timing", Guylene Proulx
„ "Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems", Jack
Mawhinney
„ Pam Powell, Managing Editor
Summary of Evolution
of SFPE Handbook
Edition Date # Chapters # Pages

1st 1988 54 809

2nd 1995 61 1067

3rd 2002 72 1560


Approximately 5000 copies of 1st and 2nd edition
Fundamentals – Section 1
(Dougal Drysdale)
„ Introduce basic engineering science
related to fire
„ Show interconnection with Fire Dynamics
„ Largely survey in nature
„ Textbook/handbook for each chapter
Section 1 – Fundamentals
(Dougal Drysdale)
Chapter 1-1 Introduction to Mechanics of Fluids, B.S. Kandola
Chapter 1-2 Conduction of Heat in Solids, John A. Rockett and James A. Milke
Chapter 1-3 Convection Heat Transfer, Arvind Atreya
Chapter 1-4 Radiation Heat Transfer, C. L. Tien, K. Y. Lee, and A. J. Stretton
Chapter 1-5 Thermochemistry, D. D. Drysdale
Chapter 1-6 Chemical Equilibrium, Raymond Friedman
Chapter 1-7 Thermal Decomposition of Polymers, Craig L. Beyler and Marcelo M.
Hirschler
Chapter 1-8 Structural Mechanics, Robert W. Fitzgerald
Chapter 1-9 Premixed Burning, Robert F. Simmons
Chapter 1-10 Properties of Building Materials, V. K. R. Kodur and T. Z. Harmathy
Chapter 1-11 Probability Concepts, John R. Hall, Jr.
Chapter 1-12 Statistics, John R. Hall, Jr.
Section 1 – Fundamentals
„ Chapter 1: Introduction (Kandola)
„ Good survey
„ Specifics on hydraulics and wind/building interaction
„ Chapter 2: Conduction (Rockett & Milke)
„ Excellent introduction
„ Some useful closed form solutions
„ Chapter 3: Convection (Atreya)
„ Good survey
„ Useful summary of forced and free convection correlations
„ Good example problems
Section 1 – Fundamentals
„ Chapter 4: Radiation Heat Transfer (Tien, et al)
„ Good fundamental introduction
„ Important subject to have appreciation for
„ Chapter 5: Thermochemistry (Drysdale)
„ Introduction of stoichiometry?, ∆HC, ∆HF
„ Relationship to heat release rate
„ Adiabatic flame temperature
„ Chapter 6: Chemical Equilibrium (Friedman)
„ Good introduction to subject
Section 1 – Fundamentals
„ Chapter 7: Thermal Decomposition of
Polymers (Beyler)
„ Exceptionally useful treatment of subject
„ Chapter 8: Structural Mechanics
(Fitzgerald)
„ Good brief review
„ Chapter 9: Premixed Burning (Simmons)
„ Good introduction
Section 1 – Fundamentals
„ Chapter 10: Properties of Building
Materials (Kodur & Harmathy)
„ Excellent introduction
„ Useful data

„ Chapter 11: Probability Concepts (Watts)


„ Excellent overview
„ Chapter 12: Statistics (Hall)
„ Excellent overview
Challenges
„ How to deal effectively with computer-based modeling?

„ Additional Subjects? (and related authors)

„ Additional reference material – ?

„ Further integration of SFPE design guides

„ Relationship with NFPA's "Fire Protection Handbook"


Summary

„ Handbook has filled the role anticipated


„ Prerequisite for PBD and related
approaches
„ Move toward consensus methods and
assumptions?
„ Work has begun on Fourth Edition, we are
always looking for suggestions.

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