Fire Science Design Project 5 (U03083)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : EEL-5-CVFDP

This course is project based. The project is based on the taught Fire Science and Fire Dynamics and Quantitative Methods in Fire Safety Engineering 5 courses. The brief will include a case study where the student will be provided with a building, its use and content and asked to develop a Fire Safety Strategy. The strategy is not to be prescriptive but one that uses engineering tools to establish the performance of the building. The students will then be required to attempt an assessment of the accuracy of their calculations based on fire science and fire dynamics. Definition of error bars is an integral part of any fire safety strategy. The course focuses on the application of fire safety science principles to the design of a fire safety strategy. Thus the developed Fire Safety Strategy must be shown in a quantitative manner to achieve the goals that fire safety regulations are intended to enforce. The student must display an understanding of engineering tools to demonstrate the validity of the proposed solution. The student must show enough proficiency on these tools to be able to estimate potential errors and the limitations of the methodologies. The students are required to study individually and use literature and internet based resources to accomplish the specified task. The student must demonstrate an insight into the full range of issues and problems covered.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : U00429: Fire Science and Fire Dynamics 4 U01620: Quantitative Methods in Fire Safety Engineering 5

? Prohibited combinations : U00449: Structural Engineering Design Project 5 U00451: Environmental Engineering Design Project 5 U00453: Management Planning Project 5

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Civil, (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 5th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 10 hour(s) per week for 2 weeks

? Other Required Attendance : 40 hour(s) per week for 2 weeks

? Additional Class Information : Design project to be carried out in Weeks 10-11 in Semester 2.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course is intended to be undertaken largely by personal study. It requires the students to research the subject area sufficiently to enable them to critically evaluate a performance solution by means of fire dynamics theory and calculations. An important outcome is to acquire the capability of establishing the limitations of performance solutions.