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Undergraduate Course: Fire Safety Engineering Analysis and Design 5 (CIVE11043)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course provides the principles of performance-based design of buildings 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 real case study. Guest lectures from various industrial partners will be included.
Course description Lectures:
1. Performance-based fire safety engineering
2. Egress
3. Risk
4. CFD
5. Design fires
6. Mitigation
7. Smoke management
8. Guest lecture
9. Fire safety engineering design

Assignments:
1. Egress
2. Risk
3. Fire safety engineering
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Fire Science and Fire Dynamics 4 (CIVE10011)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 6, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 69 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) The assessment will be made on the basis of: Intermittent Assessment 40% (tutorials) and Degree Examination (60%).
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)Fire Safety Engineering Analysis and Design 52:00
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate understanding of all the component parts of a modern fire safety engineering strategy.
  2. Explain the differences between prescriptive and performance based design methods.
  3. Understand the benefits and limitations of several calculation methods, including use of CFD in fire safety engineering design.
Reading List
"Performance-Based Fire Safety Design" by Morgan Hurley and Eric Rosenbaum, CRC Press, 2015

"An Introduction to Fire Dynamics" by Dougal Drysdale, 3rd edition, Wiley 2011

CIBSE Guide E "Fire Safety Engineering" 2010
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Richard Carvel
Tel: (0131 6)51 3576
Email: Ricky.Carvel@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Craig Hovell
Tel: (0131 6)51 7080
Email: c.hovell@ed.ac.uk
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