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Undergraduate Course: Fire Safety Engineering 3 (CIVE09023)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis module is intended to provide the basic knowledge required to study fire safety. This includes basic tools related to fluid mechanics, heat transfer and combustion. The core of the module will provide a general overview of the discipline including the fire, fire safety and fire protection systems.
Course description L1. Introduction to Fire Safety Engineering and Fire Safety Strategies

L2. Engineering Assumptions

L3. Smoke Control
Tutorial 1: Smoke Control - Part I

L4. Tunnel Fire Safety
Tutorial 2: Smoke Control - Part II

L5. Structural Fire Safety Engineering
Tutorial 3: Heat Transfer - Part I
Hand out Submission 1: Smoke Control

L6. Prescription vs Performance Based Design
Tutorial 4: Heat Transfer - Part II

L7. Detection & Suppression & Evacuation - Hand out tutorial on Suppression & Evacuation
Tutorial 5: Life Safety - Part I
Hand out Submission 2: Heat Transfer

L8. Tall Building Fire Safety
Tutorial 6: Life Safety - Part II

L9. Fire Investigation
Hand out Submission 3: Life Safety

L10. Fire Engineering Practice in Consultancy
Fire and Rescue Service: Fire Safety Engineering & Approval Auth
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Students MUST NOT also be taking Environmental Engineering 3 (CIVE09020)
Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2016/17, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 22, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 5, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 59 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 70 %, Coursework 30 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Coursework (30%) and degree examination (70%)
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)2:00
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. the ability to apply analytical skills to a solving problems related to the various aspects of Fire Safety Engineering addressed in the course;
  2. an ability to articulate a global view of the different aspects of Fire Safety Engineering and the underpinning fundamental scientific principles;
  3. an appreciation of the variety of solutions that can be developed for the built environment;
  4. an awareness of Fire Safety Engineering practice as presented in case studies.
Reading List
D. Drysdale, An Introduction to Fire Dynamics, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, 1999.

J. Quintiere, Principles of Fire Behavior, Delmar, 1997.

SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, 3rd Edition, SFPE, 2003.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills CHARACTERISTIC 3: GENERIC COGNITIVE SKILLS
* Critically identify, define, conceptualise and analyse complex/professional problems and issues.
* Offer professional insights, interpretations and solutions to problems and issues.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Rory Hadden
Tel: (0131 6)50 5944
Email: R.Hadden@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Lynn Hughieson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: Lynn.Hughieson@ed.ac.uk
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