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Introduction to heat transfer problems in fire engineering including steady state and transient conduction, convection and radiation. Fundamentals of burning objects from combustion chemistry, ignition, flame spread, flame heights and fire plumes.
Fire Dynamics is one of the key competences required for practicing fire engineers nationally1 and internationally2. This core skill deals the fundamental behaviour and underlying physics of fire at different stages, and fire engineers need sound knowledge of all areas in this skill set. This course provides in depth knowledge of fire dynamics via lectures, videos, tutorials and laboratory practical work.
Heat transfer mechanisms (convection, conduction and radiation) involving fires, surfaces, and gases, and their implication in several fire scenarios.Ignition of gases, liquid and gases, including practice laboratory work and their implication in several fire scenarios.Thermochemistry applied to fire engineering, including combustion reactions in ventilated and under ventilated environment, heat of combustion, pyrolysis and species yields.Heat release rate from pool fires and burning solid fuels and the oxygen depletion calorimeter method, including practical work on cone calorimeter and “furniture” calorimeter.Mass loss rate of liquid fires and solid materials, including pyrolysis and burning behaviour of wood and plastics.Design Fires, including their use and implications in the fire design process of buildings.Fire plumes and jet ceilings, including their application in fire engineering and limitations
ENGR403
ENCI663
Students must attend one activity from each section.
The course will run as a full semester course that includes two mandatary block courses, online weekly videos and self-study material. Full attendance at the block session is compulsory and it will consist of lectures, tutorials, laboratory work, etc. You are expected to come fully prepared for the block as there will not be time to catch up. Information concerning the rooms will be provided via LEARN. The lectures will be provided at the FENZ Engineering Facility - Henderson Room. Weekly videos will be made available as part of the course, you are expected to study the content provided including the exercises and worked examples.The workload of this course is approximately 150 hours, including block courses, online material, study time, exams and assignments,
Andres Valencia
Aatif Khan , Andres Valencia and Fearghal Gill
The assessment for this course will comprise three main components – a test, a final exam, and assignments. The weighting for each of these is given below.Competency and Mastery testPercentage of grade: 60 %Virtual Design Fire Report and presentationPercentage of grade: 20%Ignition lab reportPercentage of grade: 10%Cone Calorimeter lab report Percentage of grade: 10%Total: 100%
Hurley, Morgan J. et al; SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering ; Springer New York : Imprint : Springer, 2016.
Karlsson, Bjorn. , Quintiere, James G; Enclosure fire dynamics ; CRC Press, 2000.
Below are a list of required readings for the course, and you will be provided with guidance on specific chapters of these literature to assist with your learning. A Heat Transfer Textbook, 5th Edition; https://ahtt.mit.edu/ SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, 5th Edition; https://go.openathens.net/redirector/canterbury.ac.nz?url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4939-2565-0 Enclosure Fire Dynamics, 1st Edition; https://go.openathens.net/redirector/canterbury.ac.nz?url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/enclosure-fire-dynamics-bjorn-karlsson-james-quintiere/10.1201/9781420050219 Principles of fire behavior→ https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.1201/9781315369655/principles-fire-behavior-james-quintiere Ignition Handbook → Available in EPS libraryThis course, especially the Virtual Design Fire Project will require your ability to formulate scientific, engineering-based justifications to support the assumptions and inputs you propose in your design fires. Several fire engineering journals within the literature, such as Fire Safety Journal, Fire Technology, etc. can be accessed from the UC Library, and will be useful sources of information.Some lecture handouts will be made available on LEARN. The lecture notes are provided for your convenience and might contain errors and omissions. It is the students’ responsibility to ensure that the missing information are identified, understood and corrected appropriately as part of the learning process. Please ensure any equations or relationships applied in the assignment, lab reports, project and tests are attained from credible references and not directly from the lecture notes.
Domestic fee $1,268.00
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