| Title: | Fire Engineering Design |
|---|
| Long Title: | Fire Engineering Design |
|---|
| Field of Study: |
Civil Engineering
|
| Valid From: |
Semester 1 - 2019/20 ( September 2019 ) |
| Module Delivered in |
no programmes
|
| Module Coordinator: |
DES WALSH |
| Module Author: |
Andrew Macilwraith |
| Module Description: |
This module analyses specific fire safety engineering elements of building design, such as steel portal frame boundary collapse, domestic/commercial sprinkler design, and smoke control in atria. Building system designs, including fire detection, emergency lighting, and gas installations are also analysed. |
| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
| LO1 |
Understand and analyse active fire safety systems in buildings |
| LO2 |
Understand and analyse residential and commercial sprinkler system design |
| LO3 |
Understand and analyse the steel portal frame design under fire related boundary conditions |
| LO4 |
Understand and analyse smoke control design in atria |
| Pre-requisite learning |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named MTU module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
|
| 9990 |
CIVL8004 |
Building Regulatory Eng |
| 13603 |
CIVL8030 |
Fire Safety Engineering |
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list. |
| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
|
| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
|
| No requirements listed |
Module Content & Assessment
| Indicative Content |
|
Fire Safety Systems in Buildings
Analysis and design of fire detection, emergency lighting, and gas installation systems in buildings.
|
|
Residential and Commercial Sprinkler Systems
Analyse and design sprinkler systems for residential and commercial buildings
|
|
Smoke Control Systems in Atria
Analyse and design smoke control systems in Atria
|
|
Steel Portal Frames under Boundary Conditions
Analyse and design steel portal frames under boundary conditions in a fire state
|
| Assessment Breakdown | % |
|---|
| Course Work | 25.00% |
| End of Module Formal Examination | 75.00% |
| Course Work |
|---|
| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Written Report |
Prepare a 1500 word report on a given fire engineering topic |
1,2,3,4 |
25.0 |
Week 8 |
| End of Module Formal Examination |
|---|
| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Formal Exam |
Open book written examination |
1,2,3,4 |
75.0 |
End-of-Semester |
| Reassessment Requirement |
Repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.
|
The institute reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| This module has no Full Time workload. |
| Workload: Part Time |
| Workload Type |
Workload Description |
Hours |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
| Lecture |
Presentation of Course Material |
2.5 |
Every Week |
2.50 |
| Tutorial |
Tutorial on Presented Material |
0.5 |
Every Week |
0.50 |
| Independent Learning |
Independent Learning by Student |
4.0 |
Every Week |
4.00 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
3.00 |
Module Resources
| Recommended Book Resources |
|---|
- Society of Fire Protection Engineers 2015, SFPE HANDBOOK OF FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING, 5TH EDITION, 5th Ed., Society of Fire Protection Engineers New York
- G O Hansell and H P Morgan 2007, BR258 Design approaches for smoke control in atrium buildings, BRE Watford [ISBN: 0 85125 615 5]
- British Standards Institution 2014, BS 9251:2014 Fire sprinkler systems for domestic and residential occupancies – Code of practice Licensed, British Standards Institution London [ISBN: 978 0 580 824]
- National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) 2016, IS EN 12845:2015 & AC 2016 Fixed fire fighting systems - Automatic Sprinkler Systems - Design, Installation, and Maintenance,, NSAI Dublin
- National Standards Authority of Ireland 2013, I.S. 3218:2013 Fire detection and alarm systems for buildings - System design, installation, commissioning, servicing and maintenance, NSAI Dublin
- National Standards Auithority of Ireland 2017, I.S. 3217:2013+A1:2017 Emergency Lighting and Amendment 1:2017, NSAI Dublin
- The Steel Construction Institute 2002, SCI PUBLICATION P313 Single Storey Steel Framed Buildings in Fire Boundary Conditions, SCI Berks, UK
- National Standards Authority of Ireland 2017, I.S. 813:2014+A1:2017 Domestic gas installations (Edition 3) and Amendment 1:2017, NSAI Dublin
- National Standards Authority of Ireland 2010, I.S. 820:2010 Non-domestic gas installations (Edition 2), 2 Ed., NSAI Dublin
| | This module does not have any article/paper resources |
|---|
| This module does not have any other resources |
|---|
|
