Ignition Sources: Fire, Explosion and Detonation - Couverture souple

Ramamurthi, K.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3031206894 ISBN 13 : 9783031206894

Editeur : Springer International Publishing AG, 2024

Synopsis

This book discusses the different energy sources bringing about fires, explosions, and detonations in combustibles under different levels of confinement. Spontaneous human combustion, pilot ignition, shock wave ignition, ignition of fuel droplets and conditions under which fires, explosions, and detonations take place are discussed.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Prof. K. Ramamurthi was Deputy Director at the Indian Space Research Organization and subsequently Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He obtained Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 1976 from McGill University, Montreal after a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, in 1970. He has been teaching courses and guiding research work on thermodynamics, combustion, propulsion, gas dynamics, and explosion and safety. He has been on several committees and panels on propulsion, combustion, and shock waves and the chairman of the Combustion, Detonics, and Shock Wave Panel of the Defense Research and Development Organization. He is an Honorary Fellow of the High Energy Materials Society. He has authored books on Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, Rocket Propulsion, Modeling Explosions and Blast Waves and published about a hundred papers in refereed journals.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer International Publishing AG
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3031206894
• ISBN 13: 9783031206894
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 219
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