Course syllabus

Brandteknisk riskvärdering
Fire Safety Evaluation

VBR054, 15 credits, A (Second Cycle)

Valid for: 2012/13
Decided by: Education Board 2
Date of Decision: 2012-03-16

General Information

Compulsory for: BI3
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish

Aim

The course is aimed at synthesizing and broadening the knowledge gained in this and previous courses, and provides the students with an insight into how this knowledge can be applied to evaluating personal safety issues in the event of fire in a built structure. Another objective is to enhance the students' engineering-related capabilities for constructing and analysing models.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

Contents

Carry out an assessment of personal safety in the event of fire at an actual site. Recommendations for improvement, as well as the safety-related consequences of these recommendations, shall be included.

During the course, the students shall report on their time-management and time-planning activities in weekly reports.

Home assignments, labs, and written assignments are also included in the course. Also included are computer labs: the first covering evacuation programs, and the second on using FAST ver. 3.

Home assignments; (Requirements same as for Level I, www.brand.lth.se/fileadmin/brandteknik/utbild/inuppgkrav.pdf)

The objective is to learn to use the building code directives related to fire protection (especially evacuation safety) through prescriptive design. Working in a group, the students will draw up a simple description of fire safety features for a test building.

Written assignments: Two written assignments are required by the course segment, “Spread of Combustion Gases via Ventilation Systems”: one for a ventilation system with a single exhaust vent (F-system) and one for a system with both exhaust and intake vents (FT-system). Each student will receive an individual assignment.

Project assignment: (Requirements same as for Level III, www.brand.lth.se/fileadmin/brandteknik/utbild/inuppgkrav.pdf). This assignment constitutes the major part of the course.

Examination details

Grading scale: UG
Assessment: Approved home assignments, approved written assignments, attendance at demonstration lab sessions, approved lab work, presentation, satisfactory execution and examination of practical projects, attendance at compulsory presentations, revision of report after final approval of presentation.

Parts
Code: 0103. Name: Report 1.
Credits: 7,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Approved home assignments, approved written assignments, attendance at demonstration lab sessions, approved lab work, presentation, satisfactory execution and examination of practical projects. Contents: Carry out an assessment of personal safety in the event of fire at an actual site. Recommendations for improvement, as well as the safety-related consequences of these recommendations, shall be included. During the course, the students shall report on their time-management and time-planning activities in weekly reports. Home assignments, labs, and written assignments are also included in the course. Also included are computer labs: the first covering evacuation programs, and the second on using FAST ver. 3. Home assignments; (Requirements same as for Level I, www.brand.lth.se/utbild/inuppgkrav.pdf)
Code: 0203. Name: Report 2.
Credits: 7,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Presentation, satisfactory execution and examination of practical projects, attendance at compulsory presentations, revision of report after final approval of presentation. Contents: Written and oral presentation of project and revision after presentation.

Admission

Admission requirements:

Required prior knowledge: VBR022 Fire Chemistry and Explosions, FMA420 Linear Algebra, FAFA30 Physics: Electricity – Fluids, MMVA01 Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics.
The number of participants is limited to: 60
Selection: Credits remaining for the degree.
The course overlaps following course/s: VBR053

Reading list

Contact and other information

Course coordinator: Univ.lektor Robert Jönsson, robert.jonsson@brand.lth.se
Further information: Group assignments require active participation. Each group member must individually be able to account for the content of the assignment. If a group member does not fulfill the demands of the group or ignores hers/his commitment, she/he can be reassigned to another group or get a fail result.