Editors:
- Comprises contributions by leading international researchers in the field of fire safety science and technology
- Brings together papers presented at the 11th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology (AOSFST 2018), Taipei, Taiwan
- Focuses on new topics such as tunnel fire safety and management, fire investigation, and disaster prevention technologies for industrial fire science
Conference series link(s): AOSFST: Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology
Conference proceedings info: AOSFST 2018.
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Table of contents (79 papers)
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Human Behavior in Fire
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Fire Statistics and Risk Assessment
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Front Matter
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Fire Safety Design and Codes
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Front Matter
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Other Volumes
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The Proceedings of 11th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology
About this book
This book features selected papers from the 11th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology (AOSFST 2018), held in Taipei, Taiwan. Covering the entire spectrum of fire safety science, it focuses on research on fires, explosions, combustion science, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, risk analysis and structural engineering, as well as other topics. Presenting advanced scientific insights, the book introduces and advances new ideas in all areas of fire safety science. As such it is a valuable resource for academic researchers, fire safety engineers, and regulators of fire, construction and safety authorities. Further it provides new ideas for more efficient fire protection.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Fire Science, Central Police University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Guan-Yuan Wu
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National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Kuang-Chung Tsai
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Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
W. K. Chow
About the editors
Guan-Yuan Wu is a professor of the Department and Graduate School of Fire Science at Central Police University, Taiwan. His research interests include fire science and technology, and structural analysis.
Kuang-Chung Tsai is a professor at National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology. His research interests include fire safety engineering, building codes, and investigation of fire accidents.
Wan-Ki Chow is the Chair Professor of Architectural Science and Fire Engineering, Department of Building Services Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He was elected to be a Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences in December 2012; and appointed as a Justice of the Peace by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2013.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Proceedings of 11th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology
Editors: Guan-Yuan Wu, Kuang-Chung Tsai, W. K. Chow
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9139-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9138-6Published: 14 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-32-9141-6Published: 15 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-32-9139-3Published: 12 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 1101
Topics: Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety, Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk, Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Building Materials, Renewable and Green Energy