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Fire Dynamics

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Course Unit Code030-0102/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
HOR084Ing. Jan Hora
KUC05doc. Ing. Petr Kučera, Ph.D.
THO009Ing. Adam Thomitzek, Ph.D.
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.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The essence of this course is application of knowledge in the evaluation of conditions and the risk of de-fires in the open area and in confined spaces. The course explains the real fighting ability to understand the physical and chemical principles of the burning process. Includes application of knowledge to simplify the implementation process of theoretical laws combustion, heat transfer and mass transfer, the spread of smoke and phenomena associated with the development of a fire. Then to take advantage engineering tools for the calculation of selected parameters of the fire and assess the conditions for its breadth-fire. Evaluates assumptions for the formulation of conclusions for the evaluation and development of fires in real terms based on the knowledge properties and behaviour of a real fire.
Course Contents
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
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
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.
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.
BALOG K. - KVARČÁK M. Dynamika požáru. SPBI Ostrava 1999. 96 s. ISBN 80-86111-44-X.
KUČERA et al. Požární inženýrství - Dynamika požáru. SPBI Ostrava 2009. ISBN 978-80-7385-074-6.
Recommended Reading:
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.
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.
KVARČÁK, Miloš. Základy požární ochrany. 1. vyd. Ostrava: Sdružení požárního a bezpečnostního inženýrství Ostrava, 2005. 138 s. ISBN 80-86634-76-0.
KALOUSEK, Jaroslav. Základy fyzikální chemie hoření, výbuchu a hašení. 2. vyd. Ostrava: Sdružení požárního a bezpečnostního inženýrství Ostrava, 1999. 203 s. ISBN 80-86111-34-2.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 (30)15
                1. písemná práceWritten test5 2
                2. písemná práceWritten test5 2
                Překlad odborného textuOther task type5 4
                Studie vzniku a šíření požáruProject15 7
        ExaminationExamination70 (70)26
                TestOther task type20 11
                Písemná práceWritten examination20 11
                Ústní zkouškaOral examination30 4