The course is focused on the basics of mathematical modeling of fire in an enclosed space. The student will get acquainted with the principles of fire modeling and will learn to operate and interpret the results of selected software for fire modeling.
Literature
Yeoh, G.H. - Yuen, K.K. Computational Fluid Dynamics in Fire Engineering. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. 2009.
Drysdale, D. An Introduction to Fire Dynamics, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, United Kingdom, 2011.
Karlsson, B. – Quintiere, J.G. Enclosure Fire Dynamics. CRC Press LLC, 2000.
Quintiere, J.G. Fundamentals of Fire Phenomena. John Wiley & Sons, England, 2006.
Advised literature
Hurley, M.J. (Editor in chief) The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. 5th Edition, USA: Society of Fire Protection Engineers, 2015. (Chapters from 29 to 32)
Cote, A. E. (editor in chief) Fire Protection Handbook. 20th Edition, Volumes I & II, USA: National Fire Protection Association, 2008. (Chapters from 3-5 to 3-9)