ENFE602-09S1 (C) Semester One 2009

Fire Dynamics

12 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2009
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2009

Description

1- and 2-dimensional conduction, thermal convection and radiation. Ignition and flame spread. Combustion chemistry. Fundamentals of burning objects. Flame heights and fire plumes.

This course starts with basic heat transfer and ends with the combustion of a single burning object. Example problems, homeworks, and group projects are all designed to be relevant to Fire Engineering practice.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course the student should be able to apply the fundamental concepts presented in the course:

   * Analyse the temperature distribution in a solid analytically in 1-D and numerically in 2-D.
   * Develop reasonable estimates of the convection coefficient.
   * Determine the radiation levels from a burning object.
   * Understanding when and how an object ignites.
   * Construct a heat release rate history for a burning object.
   * Estimate the temperature and velocity profiles within a fire plume.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Restrictions

ENCI663

Equivalent Courses

ENCI663

Timetable Note

This course will be offered in "Block Mode" with the Blocks as follows:

         1 April-3 April and 4-6 May

For out-of-town students there will be guided individual study, including set readings and assignments, with two three-day blocks at Canterbury. For Christchurch students there will be one two-hour tutorial each week, in addition to the individual study and three-day blocks.

Course Coordinator

Charles Fleischmann

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

DiNenno, Philip J. , National Fire Protection Association., Society of Fire Protection Engineers; SFPE handbook of fire protection engineering ; 3rd ed. ; National Fire Protection Association ;, 2002.

Incropera, Frank P. , DeWitt, David P; Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer ; 5th ed; Wiley, 2001.

Karlsson, Bjorn. , Quintiere, James G; Enclosure fire dynamics ; CRC Press, 2000.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $586.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Civil and Environmental Engineering .

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