Book excerpt: " Enclosure Fire Dynamics " provides a complete description of enclosure fires and how the outbreak of a fire in a compartment causes changes in the environment. The authors both internationally renowned experts in fire safety and protection engineering offer a clear presentation of the dominant mechanisms controlling enclosure fires and develop simple, analytical relationships useful in designing buildings for fire safety. They demonstrate how to derive engineering equations from first principles, stating the assumptions clearly and showing how the resulting equations compare to experimental data. The details and the approach offered by this text provide readers with a confidence in - and the applicability of - a wide range of commonly used engineering equations and models. Enclosure Fire Dynamics will enhance the knowledge of professional fire protection engineers, researchers, and investigators, and help build a strong foundation for engineering students. FEATURES. Describes how the outbreak of a compartment fire causes changes in the environment and outlines the dominating mechanisms that control enclosure fires. Discusses the core curriculum in fire safety engineering. Derives simple analytical relationships from first principles and shows how to compare the derived equations with experimental data. Provides the calculational procedures and computer models needed to design a building for fire safety.