The Design and Layout of Fire Sprinkler Systems Although effective fire sprinkler systems are crucial to public safety for years the designers of those systems had few published resources to reference and guide them through their design processes. The first edition of this book changed all that and now The Design and Layout of Fire Sprinkler Systems Second Edition suits their needs even better. Written and thoroughly updated by a fire prevention engineer with more than 20 years of experience this book provides a complete systematic introduction to automatic fire sprinkler design and layout from design basics code requirements and pipe hanging to hydraulic calculations retrofits and details on fire pumps. The author carefully outlines all of a designer's responsibilities and includes an entire chapter dedicated to preparing for the NICET exam. More than 150 sample diagrams checklists sample forms spec sheets photographs and a glossary complement the text and the larger page size of this edition permits clear presentation of diagrams and schematics. The Design and Layout of Fire Sprinkler Systems not only builds the foundation and skills of newcomers to the field but also provides an outstanding reference for fire safety professionals building inspectors insurance underwriters and municipal officials. GBP 180.00 1
Reliability Data on Fire Sprinkler Systems Collection Analysis Presentation and Validation This book covers fire and extinguishing theory and reliability theory and how to validate any survey within the field of engineering. It’s based on a year’s study of historical literature using critical review and document analysis. It covers how data is collected analyzed and presented. It discusses reliability theory calculation and uncertainty analysis and after validating proposes a new methodology and approach using general scientific value and examples. FeaturesIncludes an in-depth study on relevant sprinkler reliability studies based for the first time on critical review and document analysis Presents a scientific validating analysis of studies based on how a survey should be conducted Critiques the fact that reliability of a sprinkler system as its ability to function as designed has never been subject to surveysSuggestions for new survey methodology that can be used for the field of engineering including all active and passive fire protection measures Discusses extinguishing theory general design of extinguishing systems different systems and the reliability of them allReliability Data on Fire Sprinkler Systems will be of interest to Reliability Engineers Systems Architecture and Engineers Design Maintenance Mechanical and Civil Engineers as well as those working in the field of fire protection and building and fire codes. | Reliability Data on Fire Sprinkler Systems Collection Analysis Presentation and Validation GBP 46.99 1
London Patidars A Case Study in Urban Ethnicity First Published in 1980 London Patidars presents the case study of the Patidars a landowning caste from the Indian state of Gujarat in London. Patidars being the landowning caste has taken over much of the ideology of the merchant castes. This ‘merchant ideal’ is a central part of their self-image. It is an incitement to initiative in business and to some extent their actual economic behaviour does reflect the ideal. But the cases studied do not all conform to this ideal and they pose questions: How does this particular type of ethnic boundary relate to the opportunities of the individual Patidar? Why and how is this boundary maintained? Harald Tambs-Lyche concludes that the form given to the ethnic boundary is advantageous to many Patidars but not to all in the same degree. This raises problems which potentially could change the present pattern. Other potential problems relate to their relationship with the English. As successful merchants they risk becoming objects of envy like formerly the Jewish community. This book is a must read for scholars of ethnic and race relations and sociology. | London Patidars A Case Study in Urban Ethnicity GBP 85.00 1
The Routledge Companion to Italian Fascist Architecture Reception and Legacy Today nearly a century after the National Fascist Party came to power in Italy questions about the built legacy of the regime provoke polemics among architects and scholars. Mussolini’s government constructed thousands of new buildings across the Italian Peninsula and islands and in colonial territories. From hospitals post offices and stadia to housing summer camps Fascist Party Headquarters ceremonial spaces roads railways and bridges the physical traces of the regime have a presence in nearly every Italian town. The Routledge Companion to Italian Fascist Architecture investigates what has become of the architectural and urban projects of Italian fascism how sites have been transformed or adapted and what constitutes the meaning of these buildings and cities today. The essays include a rich array of new arguments by both senior and early career scholars from Italy and beyond. They examine the reception of fascist architecture through studies of destruction and adaptation debates over reuse artistic interventions and even routine daily practices which may slowly alter collective understandings of such places. Paolo Portoghesi sheds light on the subject from his internal perspective while Harald Bodenschatz situates Italy among period totalitarian authorities and their symbols across Europe. Section editors frame synthesize and moderate essays that explore fascism’s afterlife; how the physical legacy of the regime has been altered and preserved and what it means now. This critical history of interpretations of fascist-era architecture and urban projects broadens our understanding of the relationships among politics identity memory and place. This companion will be of interest to students and scholars in a range of fields including Italian history architectural history cultural studies visual sociology political science and art history. | The Routledge Companion to Italian Fascist Architecture Reception and Legacy GBP 42.99 1