Postgraduate Course: Models for Fire Safety (MSc) (PGEE11174)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course explores the practicalities of performance-based design of buildings for fire safety. It focuses on the use of modelling tools in the estimation of performance of fire safety systems. Zone models, Egress models and CFD fire models are introduced to establish modern approaches to fire safety engineering. The models will be applied using a real-life case study. |
| Course description |
1. Introduction
2. Estimating ASET and RSET using models and hand calculations
3. Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics
4. Fire modelling with FDS (multiple parts)
5. Design fires and model inputs
6. Introduction to Egress
7. Egress modelling (multiple parts)
8. Guest lecture(s)
9. Conclusion
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% coursework
Assessment of the learning outcomes will be made on the basis of an individual project, developing a fire strategy for a specific building. Summative assessment is made entirely on the basis of the final report, but students will have to submit early drafts of the two main component parts of the report as formatively assessed assignments. Formative feedback will also be given during workshops which will be incorporated into the main lecture times.
1. Formative Assignment 1 (Week 5)
2. Formative Assignment 2 (Week 8)
3. Final Assignment (R Week; 100%) |
| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding of all the component parts of a modern fire safety engineering strategy and the tools used to assess them
- Carry out simple simulations of fire and egress using zone, egress and computational fluid dynamics fire models
- Demonstrate understanding of the benefits and limitations of several different models used in fire safety engineering design
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Reading List
"Performance-Based Fire Safety Design" by Morgan Hurley and Eric Rosenbaum, CRC Press, 2015
Drysdale, D. An Introduction to Fire Dynamics, 3rd edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2011 (or earlier editions)
CIBSE Guide E "Fire Safety Engineering 2010" |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Richard Carvel
Tel: (0131 6)51 3576
Email: |
Course secretary | Mr Tom Lawford-Groves
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
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