Fire Dynamics

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	030-0001/02
Abbreviation	dyn
Course title	Fire Dynamics
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Fire Protection
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Petr Kučera, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

* Introduction, with the content, terminology
* burning, foundations, Triangle fire, flammable file
* heat release during combustion, thermal performance
* parameters of the flame, medium flame height
* phase of fire, flashover, the influence of structures
* Heat in the form of fire
* the spread of fire in the building, divided into zones
* heat radiation distances
* fires and behavior of liquids in the cylinders fire, BOILOVER, BLEVE
* the behavior of combustion, the composition of smoke, gas exchange
* fires in the open
* interruption of combustion principles, determine the necessary supply of extinguishing agent
* engineering approach, modeling fire

Literature

Karlsson B., Quintiere J. Enclosure Fire Dynamics. CRC Press 1999. ISBN 0-8493-1300-7
Bengtsson L.G.: Enclosure fires. The Swedish Rescue Services Agency. Karlstad 2001. 192 s.

Advised literature

Drysdale, D.: An Introdustion to Fire Dynamics. John Wiley a Sons. New York 1985.
COTE, Arthur. Fire Protection Handbook, Seventeenth edition. NFPA, c 1992, .
Modest, M.F.: Radiactive Heat Transfer. 1.vyd.New York, McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1993. 832 s. ISBN 0-07-04675-9.

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