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An Introduction to Fire Dynamics

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 030-0609/01
Abbreviation ZDP
Course title An Introduction to Fire Dynamics
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Fire Protection
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Petr Kučera, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. introduction, introduction to the scope of teaching, terminology
2. combustion, triangle of combustion, flame spread
3. heat release during combustion, fire heat release rate
4. flame height, methods for calculating the flame height of hydrocarbons
5. stage of fire development, flashover, backdraft, rollover
6. spread of fire in the building, division of the building into fire sections
7. fire area calculations based on the linear rate of fire spread
8. fires of flammable liquids, poolfire, jetfire, boilover
9. ventilation of space and objects in case of fire
10. fires in the presence of cylinders and gas tanks
11. fires in the open, forest fires
12. fires in the open spaces, forest fires
13. principles of calculation of fire safety distances between buildings
14. reserve

E-learning

Study materials are stored in the LMS.

Literature

BENGTSSON L.G.: Enclosure fires. The Swedish Rescue Services Agency. Karlstad 2001. 192 s. ISBN 91-7253-263-7 

Advised literature

QUINTIERE, James G. Principles of Fire Behavior. Druhé vydání. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016. ISBN 9781498735629 .