Undergraduate Course: Fire Science and Engineering 2 (CIVE08024)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course provides a multidisciplinary introduction to fire dynamics covering fundamentals applicable to fire safety engineering in the built environment, manufacturing and process industries, and the natural environment. It considers the processes that govern how fires are ignited and how they burn and how they can be controlled through engineering design.
The course covers fundamental fire science including thermochemistry, transient heat transfer, material flammability, smoke and fire plumes, and basic fire models; as well as the principles of fire safety engineering, including regulation relevant to the built environment and process industries.
The course is structured around taught material, and a mix of tutorials based on group-based discussion and problem solving.
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| Course description |
Introduction
- Great Fires of. . .
Fires and flames
- Fuel, oxidiser, heat
- Examination of how a candle burns
Materials and how they burn
- Combustion chemistry
- Ignition: flammability limits (gas, liquids)
Fire hazards
- Smoke correlations
- Heat transfer: steady state conduction and lumped mass
Buildings fires
- Compartment fire dynamics
- Material flammability (solids)
Industrial fire hazards
- Jet flames
- Pool fires
Wildfires
- Fire spread
- Social aspects
Useful fires
- Combustion
- Emissions
Fire models
- Zone model
- CFD
Fire engineering
- Detection
- Suppression
- Compartmentation
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2023/24, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 22,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
65 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written Exam: 70%
Coursework: 30%
The School has a 40% Rule for 1st and 2nd year courses, i.e. you must achieve a minimum of 40% in coursework and 40% in written exam components, as well as an overall mark of 40% to pass a course. If you fail a course you will be required to resit it. You are only required to resit components which have been failed. |
| Feedback |
Opportunities through discussions in lectures, and tutorial sessions for direct feedback; feedback on each coursework submission |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Discuss the role of fire science and engineering in the design of engineering systems;
- Manipulate concepts related to the quantification of fire hazards and processes;
- Perform basic fire engineering calculations, recognising the associated limits of applicability;
- Critically appraise simple fire engineering designs.
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Reading List
Required reading:
Drysdale, D., An Introduction to Fire Dynamics, Wiley, 2011.
Further reading:
Quintere, J., Fundamentals of Fire Phenomena, Wiley, 2006.
SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, NFPA 2016.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Fire Safety,Process Safety,Fire Safety Engineering |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Rory Hadden
Tel: (0131 6)50 5944
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Paulina Wisniowska
Tel:
Email: |
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