Postgraduate Course: Quantitative Methods in Fire Safety Engineering (PGEE11047)
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 | This course provides the principles of performance-based design of structures for fire safety. It focuses on the use of analytical and numerical tools in the estimation of performance of fire safety systems. Advanced systems are introduced to establish modern approaches to fire safety engineering. The approach will be applied using a case study, with students working in groups on different aspects of the analysis and presenting this at intervals. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
13/01/2014 |
| 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
70 %,
Coursework
30 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Knowledge of the essential elements of the design approaches, spanning analytical/empirical methods and numerical models used for quantitative performance assessment of fire safety systems.
2. Understanding of the concept of the Qualitative Design Review and assessment of design approaches.
3. Skills in assessing fire problems, selecting and applying various analytical and computer-based fire models, evaluating the results from these tools and interpreting them in the light of the relevant uncertainties of the problems.
4. The ability to apply the tools learned in previous courses towards fire safety engineering analysis in the framework of performance-based design. |
Assessment Information
| The assessment will be made on the basis of: Intermittent Assessment 30% (tutorials based around a case study) and Degree Examination (70%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
1. Introduction to fire safety engineering, encompassing prescriptive and performance-based approaches
Subsequent topics in 3 week blocks, spanning a) prescriptive, b) performance-based, c) case study application:
2. Fire phenomena and control
3. Structural behaviour
4. Human behaviour
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, 4th ed., DiNenno, P.J. ed., NFPA, Quincy, MA, 2009 (or earlier editions)
Relevant codes and standards (Approved Document B, Structural Eurocodes, etc.) - provided electronically. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Fire safety engineering, prescriptive methods, performance-based methods |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Stephen Welch
Tel: (0131 6)50 5734
Email: S.Welch@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Craig Hovell
Tel: (0131 6)51 7080
Email: c.hovell@ed.ac.uk |
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