Fire Dynamics

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	030-0102/01
Abbreviation	DP
Course title	Fire Dynamics
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Fire Protection
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Petr Kučera, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction, with the content, terminology
2. Burning, foundations, Triangle fire, flammable file
3. Heat release during combustion, thermal performance
4. Parameters of the flame, medium flame height
5. Phase of fire, flashover, the influence of structures
6. Heat in the form of fire
7. The spread of fire in the building, divided into zones
8. Heat radiation distances
9. Fires and behaviour of liquids in the cylinders fire, BOILOVER, BLEVE
10. The behaviour of combustion, the composition of smoke, gas exchange
11. Fires in the open
12. Principles of burning termination, determine the necessary supply of extinguishing agent
13. Engineering approach, modelling fire
14. Reserve

E-learning

Study materials are stored in the LMS.

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. .

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. .
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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