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Fire Dynamics

Summary

The course deals with fire origin, development and full development and also fire interruption and other associated phenomena accompanying fires in open and confined spaces. It presents procedures for the determination of fire extent and area, heat and smoke exchange in structures and the determination of safety distances from fire.

Literature

KARLSSON B. - QUINTIERE J. Enclosure Fire Dynamics. CRC Press 1999. ISBN 0-8493-1300-7.
QUINTIERE, J.G. Fundamentals of Fire Phenomena. John Wiley & Sons, England, 2006.
BENGTSSON L.G.: Enclosure fires. The Swedish Rescue Services Agency. Karlstad 2001. 192 s. ISBN 91-7253-263-7 .

Advised literature

COTE, A. E. (editor in chief) Fire Protection Handbook. 20th Edition, Volumes I & II, USA: National Fire Protection Association, 2008. ISBN 978-0877657583.
DRYSDALE, D. An Introduction to Fire Dynamics, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, United Kingdom, 2011. ISBN 978-0-470-31903-1.
HURLEY, M.J. (editor in chief) The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. 5th Edition, USA: Springer, 2015. ISBN 978-1493925643 .
Modest, M.F.: Radiactive Heat Transfer. 1.vyd.New York, McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1993. 832 s. ISBN 0-07-04675-9.


Language of instruction čeština, angličtina
Code 030-0102
Abbreviation DP
Course title Fire Dynamics
Coordinating department Department of Fire Protection
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Petr Kučera, Ph.D.