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This book develops several novel foam-filled structures and steel-concrete-steel (SCS) sandwich structures, which provides more alternatives for ensuring the safety of buildings and infrastructures under extreme loading, like impact and blast. In the first part of this book, the aluminium foam- and polyurethane foam-filled structures have been developed for dissipating impact and blast energy. Experimental and numerical studies have been conducted to obtain their behaviours under impact loading. In addition, analytical models have also been proposed to assess their energy absorption performances and facilitate the impact and blast design when using the proposed foam-filled structures. In the second part of this book, SCS sandwich structures with novel shear connectors have been developed and their behaviours under impact and blast loading have been experimentally, numerically and analytical studied. Analytical models for predicting the impact and blast responses of SCS sandwich structures have also been developed. In the third part of this book, a new steel-polyurethane foam-steel-concrete-steel (SPUFSCS) panel (i.e. the combination of foam material and SCS panel) has been developed to achieve a higher impact resistant capacity. Owing to the increasing impact and blast threats on buildings and infrastructures, the studies presented in this book are of significant importance for providing several new solutions for impact and blast enhancement. .

Mechanical engineering. --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering --- Machinery --- Steam engineering --- Civil engineering. --- Fire prevention. --- Buildings --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Civil Engineering. --- Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety. --- Engineering Mechanics. --- Protection. --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering mathematics --- Building damage prevention --- Building protection --- Protection of buildings --- Building failures --- Fire safety --- Fires --- Prevention of fires --- Fire protection engineering --- Public safety --- Insurance engineering --- Public works --- Damage prevention --- Fires and fire prevention --- Prevention

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This book provides a comprehensive overview of hazardous areas containing explosive gases, vapors, and combustible dust. It also discusses about the different types of protection techniques used in explosion-proof electrical equipment. This book further provides guidance on how to deal with electrical explosions caused by fires due to arcs and sparks caused by a failure in the design, manufacture, selection, installation, or maintenance of electrical equipment. Among the topics covered in this book are overview of hazardous areas, various types of protection available, mechanisms for explosion pressure to build inside flameproof enclosures, concept of preventing explosions in flammable and dusty environments, unique features of explosion-proof motors, process of testing and certifying explosion-proof equipment in India and abroad, and mechanisms for the initiation and prevention of explosions resulting from non-electric sources. The book also discusses topics such as the selection, installation, inspection, and maintenance of electrical equipment. In addition, this book will be useful for researchers and professionals working in the fields of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, petroleum engineering, mining engineering, and testing laboratories that test and certify explosion-proof equipment.

Fire prevention. --- Buildings --- Electric machinery. --- Industrial engineering. --- Production engineering. --- Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety. --- Electrical Machines. --- Industrial and Production Engineering. --- Protection. --- Manufacturing engineering --- Process engineering --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanical engineering --- Management engineering --- Simplification in industry --- Engineering --- Value analysis (Cost control) --- Electromechanical devices --- Machinery --- Building damage prevention --- Building protection --- Protection of buildings --- Building failures --- Fire safety --- Fires --- Prevention of fires --- Fire protection engineering --- Public safety --- Insurance engineering --- Damage prevention --- Fires and fire prevention --- Prevention

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This book offers an overview of European testing methods for fire protection materials. Used in a broad range of applications, these materials are designed to ensure that fires do not occur, or that their effects are combated to the greatest extent possible. The book deals with methods not only for the construction industry but also, for example, for furniture / interior furnishings, plastics, and clothing, including special-purpose clothing for firefighters and rescuers, explosive mixtures, the intensity of smoke, etc. This comprehensive book examines standardized testing methods, while also assessing large-scale tests and specialized non-standardized tests and providing information on various materials and their behavior when exposed to flame.

Fire prevention. --- Buildings --- Timber. --- Building materials. --- Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety. --- Building Construction and Design. --- Protection. --- Design and construction. --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Materials --- Forest production --- Building materials --- Forest products --- Lumber trade --- Forests and forestry --- Lumber --- Tree farms --- Trees --- Wood --- Fire safety --- Fires --- Prevention of fires --- Fire protection engineering --- Public safety --- Insurance engineering --- Building damage prevention --- Building protection --- Protection of buildings --- Building failures --- Fires and fire prevention --- Prevention --- Damage prevention --- Building, Fireproof.

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This volume contains selected papers from the Fifth Conference on Maintenance, Condition Monitoring and Diagnostics, MCMD 2021, in Oulu, Finland, collected by editors with years of experiences in condition monitoring, signal processing, advanced reasoning and diagnostics, maintenance, risk assessment, and asset management. This work maximizes reader insights into the current trends in novel technologies and maintenance trends in industrial domains, energy production and energy conservation, mechatronics and robot technologies. These proceedings discuss key issues and challenges in the operation, maintenance and risk management of complex engineering systems and will serve as a valuable resource for condition monitoring and risk management professionals from industry and science exchange knowledge, experiences and strengthen multidisciplinary network those in the field. This book will be of benefit to academia, and industry alike.

Manufactures. --- Fire prevention. --- Buildings --- Mechatronics. --- Control engineering. --- Robotics. --- Automation. --- Machines, Tools, Processes. --- Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety. --- Control, Robotics, Automation. --- Protection. --- Automatic factories --- Automatic production --- Computer control --- Engineering cybernetics --- Factories --- Industrial engineering --- Mechanization --- Assembly-line methods --- Automatic control --- Automatic machinery --- CAD/CAM systems --- Robotics --- Automation --- Machine theory --- Control engineering --- Control equipment --- Control theory --- Engineering instruments --- Programmable controllers --- Manufactured goods --- Manufactured products --- Products --- Products, Manufactured --- Commercial products --- Manufacturing industries --- Mechanical engineering --- Microelectronics --- Microelectromechanical systems --- Building damage prevention --- Building protection --- Protection of buildings --- Building failures --- Fire safety --- Fires --- Prevention of fires --- Fire protection engineering --- Public safety --- Insurance engineering --- Damage prevention --- Fires and fire prevention --- Prevention --- Machinery --- Maintenance and repair --- Monitoring

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This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 5th International Conference on Building Energy and Environment (COBEE2022), held in Montreal, Canada, in July 2022. The work focuses on the most recent technologies and knowledge of building energy and the environment, including health, energy, urban microclimate, smart cities, safety, etc. The contents make valuable contributions to academic researchers, engineers in the industry, and regulators of buildings. As well, readers encounter new ideas for achieving healthy, comfortable, energy-efficient, resilient, and safe buildings.

Buildings --- Fire prevention. --- Sustainable architecture. --- Solar energy. --- Environmental engineering. --- Civil engineering. --- Renewable energy sources. --- Building Physics, HVAC. --- Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety. --- Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. --- Solar Thermal Energy. --- Environmental Civil Engineering. --- Renewable Energy. --- Protection. --- Building damage prevention --- Building protection --- Protection of buildings --- Building failures --- Alternate energy sources --- Alternative energy sources --- Energy sources, Renewable --- Sustainable energy sources --- Power resources --- Renewable natural resources --- Agriculture and energy --- Engineering --- Public works --- Environmental control --- Environmental effects --- Environmental stresses --- Environmental health --- Environmental protection --- Pollution --- Sustainable engineering --- Solar power --- Force and energy --- Renewable energy sources --- Solar radiation --- Eco-architecture --- Environmentally conscious architecture --- Environmentally friendly architecture --- Green architecture --- Green building design --- Green design (Buildings) --- Sustainable design (Buildings) --- Architecture --- Sustainable design --- Fire safety --- Fires --- Prevention of fires --- Fire protection engineering --- Public safety --- Insurance engineering --- Environmental engineering (Buildings) --- Environmental engineering --- Sanitary engineering --- Damage prevention --- Fires and fire prevention --- Prevention --- Human factors