Undergraduate Course: Fire Resistance of Structures 5 (CIVE11027)
Course Outline
School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | The course will provide a brief overview of the fundamentals of fire behaviour in buildings and introduce simple methods of quantifying the the threat it poses to structures. This will involve estimating the temperatures in building compartments and the temperatures that individual structural members get exposed to as a function of time. Fundamentals of the behaviour of common construction materials and estimation of the variation of mechanical properties of construction materials affected by fire (i.e. temperature rise). Structural analysis principles are then applied to the fire problem. Simple methods to carry out calculations to determine structural behaviour in the event of a fire will be presented followed by an introduction to advanced analytical and computational tools for analysing structural behaviour in fire. Finally an introduction to current (code based) design procedures and performance based design will be provided and a design project will be assigned. |
Course description |
Lectures 1 + 2 Relevant background in fire dynamics, smoke management and egress
Lecture 3 Introduction and history of structural fire engineering
Lecture 4 Heat transfer
Lecture 5 Fire models for structural engineering
Lecture 6 Material behaviour at high temperature
Lecture 7 Structural mechanics at high temperature
Lecture 8 Structural design for fire resistance
Lecture 9 Guest lecture - industrial perspective
Lecture 10- Introduction to the project and project work
Feedback Opportunities: Feedback in tutorials.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
Theory of Structures 3 (CIVE09015)
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | Equivalent to U03489 + U00429. |
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
Understand the use, advantages and limitations of analytical and empirical models of structural behaviour in fire
- Brief survey of the different analytical and empirical tools for fire calculations
Understanding of the effect of temperature on material properties of
- Steel, concrete, wood, composites
Understand heat transfer calculations based on standard fires
- ISO 834
- Parametric Temperature vs. Time Curves
- Fire Proofing and Thermal Insulation
- Real Fires (Temperature vs. Heat Flux)
Be able to apply heat transfer calculations to structural elements
- Steel - high thermal conductivity
- Concrete - low thermal conductivity
- Composite elements
Understand the role of loss of strength, deformation and thermal expansion and application to design of structures for fire resistance
- Analytical principles and calculations
- Computational Models
- Design
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
Special Arrangements |
Exam should be scheduled on a slot on a Thursday afternoon. |
Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Luke Bisby
Tel:
Email: Luke.Bisby@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Craig Hovell
Tel: (0131 6)51 7080
Email: c.hovell@ed.ac.uk |
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