Undergraduate Course: Fire Science Design Project 5 (CIVE11040)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | 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. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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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.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Rory Hadden
Tel: (0131 6)50 5944
Email: R.Hadden@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Craig Hovell
Tel: (0131 6)51 7080
Email: c.hovell@ed.ac.uk |
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