Postgraduate Course: Fire Resistance of Structures (PGEE11048)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Engineering) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The course will provide a brief overview of the fundamentals of fire behaviour in buildings and introduce simple methods of quantifying the the threat it poses to structures. This will involve estimating the temperatures in building compartments and the temperatures that individual structural members get exposed to as a function of time. Fundamentals of the behaviour of common construction materials and estimation of the variation of mechanical properties of construction materials affected by fire (i.e. temperature rise). Structural analysis principles are then applied to the fire problem. Simple methods to carry out calculations to determine structural behaviour in the event of a fire will be presented followed by an introduction to advanced analytical and computational tools for analysing structural behaviour in fire. Finally an introduction to current (code based) design procedures and performance based design will be provided and a design project will be assigned. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 22,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
74 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
80 %,
Coursework
20 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Exam Information |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Understand the use, advantages and limitations of analytical and empirical models of structural behaviour in fire
- Brief survey of the different analytical and empirical tools for fire calculations
Understanding of the effect of temperature on material properties of
- Steel, concrete, wood, composites
Understand heat transfer calculations based on standard fires
- ISO 834
- Parametric Temperature vs. Time Curves
- Fire Proofing and Thermal Insulation
- Real Fires (Temperature vs. Heat Flux)
Be able to apply heat transfer calculations to structural elements
- Steel - high thermal conductivity
- Concrete - low thermal conductivity
- Composite elements
Understand the role of loss of strength, deformation and thermal expansion and application to design of structures for fire resistance
- Analytical principles and calculations
- Computational Models
- Design |
Assessment Information
| The assessment will be made on the basis of: Intermittent Assessment 20% (laboratories, tutorials and a final project) and Degree Examination (80%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Martin Gillie
Tel: (0131 6)50 7204
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Course secretary | Mr Craig Hovell
Tel: (0131 6)51 7080
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