Undergraduate Course: Fire Science Design Project 5 (CIVE11026)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Civil |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is project based. The project will draw upon materials taught in 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 or infrastructure facility, 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 different systems. The students will also be required to attempt an assessment of the accuracy of their calculations based on more fundamental principles of fire science, heat transfer, etc. Definition of uncertainties 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 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. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
40 hour(s) per week for 2 week(s). Design project to be carried out in Weeks 1-2 in Semester 2. |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Proficiency in application and interpretation of fire safety engineering. 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-based solutions. |
Assessment Information
| Project report 100% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
The Fire Safety Engineering Design Project is based around a case study of performance-based design of a combined rail/bus terminal located near an international border [1]. This was the subject of an international conference in which teams from five different countries (US, UK, France, Australia and Japan) presented designs for transportation centres located in their respective countries.
The recommended approach follows the progression of a typical fire safety engineering project (cf. BS7974):
a) Qualitative Design Review (QDR);
b) quantitative analysis;
c) assessment against criteria;
d) reporting of results.
The students&© work during the project is self led. Staff will be present to introduce the task, and to provide advice and assistance. Detailed information is provided in the project briefing document and associated files.
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Case studies $ú Performance-based design, vol. 1-2, Proc. 5th Int. Conf. on Performance-based codes and fire safety design methods, SFPE, European Commission Facilities, Luxembourg, 6-8 October 2004 |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Fire safety engineering, performance based design |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Stephen Welch
Tel: (0131 6)50 5734
Email: S.Welch@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Sharon Mulvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 7076
Email: Sharon.Mulvey@ed.ac.uk |
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