Postgraduate Course: Fire Science and Fire Dynamics (PGEE10002)

Course Outline
School	School of Engineering	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course is intended to provide the knowledge required for quantitative fire hazard analysis. Physical and chemical behaviour of combustion systems as well as the impact of fire on structures and materials will be addressed. The student will acquire skills for quantitative estimation of the different variables of fire growth. Basic principles of fire dynamics will be used to provide analytical formulations and empirical correlations that can serve as tools for design calculations and fire reconstruction. Focus will be given to the scientific aspects of fire but some basic features of fire safety engineering will be also developed.
Course description	Lectures: 1. How gases burn, including basic chemistry 2. How liquids burn, including convection and radiation heat transfer 3. How solids burn, including conduction heat transfer 4. Spontaneous ignition and smouldering (guest lecture) 5. Piloted ignition 6. Fire spread and fire plumes 7. Compartment fires, including flashover 8. Compartment fires, continued 9. Ceiling jet, structural interactions, backdraft 10. Smoke 11. Fire safety engineering applications Assignments: 1. Basic fire dynamics 2. Applied fire dynamics

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 4.5, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 59 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 75 %, Coursework 25 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	The assessment will be made on the basis of: Intermittent assessment 20%; Degree examination 80%
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Fire Science and Fire Dynamics		2:00

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Demonstrate understanding of the science which underpins current fire safety engineering calculations Estimate certain parameters of fires such as flame length, heat release rate, plume temperature and smoke production, for simple, well defined fuel packages. Explain fire behaviour in each of the stages in a compartment fire. Perform certain typical fire safety engineering calculations, such as sprinkler activation times and compartment smoke filling, using a spread sheet model.