BLDG 465/6651 LL

FIRE AND SMOKE CONTROL IN BUILDINGS

Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science

Concordia University

Winter 2013 (3 Credits)

Instructor Dr. Liangzhu (Leon) Wang leon.wang@concordia.ca (preferred)

Office: SGM EV 6.166 Phone: ext. 5766

Lecture Time Wednesday 17:45 – 20:15 at SGW H-603

Marker and Tutor TBD

Office Hours Tuesday 15:00 – 17:00 at SGW EV 6.166

Course Website Moodle

Pre-requisite Building Science (BLDG 365/6611).

Objective This course covers the basic chemistry and physics of fires and theoretical

background of enclosure fire dynamics for senior undergraduate students and graduate

students. The objectives are to expose to these students fire dynamics, analytical and

numerical methods to estimate energy release rate of a fire, mass flow rates and

temperatures of fire plumes, pressure profiles, fire smoke flows through building

openings, heat transfer due to fires in building enclosures, fire smoke filling and

controlling, and fire combustion products. Students will be able to use analytical

methods and computer models for the designs and analysis of fire and smoke control

systems in buildings.

Textbook

Enclosure Fire Dynamics, Bjorn Karlsson and James G. Quintiere. CRC Press. 1999.

ISBN: 978-0849-31300-4. One copy reserved at the library.

Other Reading

Introduction to Fire Dynamics, 3rd

Edition (or 2nd

Edition), Dougal Drysdale. John

Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011. ISBN: 978-0-470-31903-1 (available in library).

Principles of Smoke Management. John H. Klote and James A. Milke. ASHRAE.

2002. ISBN 1-883413-99-0.

Fire Protection Handbook, Volume I and II, 20th

edition. Arthur E. Cote

(Editor-in-chief). NFPA. 2008. ISBN 0-87765-758-0 (available in library).

SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, 3rd

Edition. Philip J. DiNenno

(Editor-in-chief). SFPE. 2002. ISBN 087765-451-4.

Homework The assignment problems will be posted on the course website. Students

are expected to work on their homework independently. Solutions will be posted at

course website.

Mid-term Exam One midterm (February 26, 2014) will be given. Closed book;

Closed notes. ENCS Faculty approved calculator only. Electronic communication

devices (including cell phones) will not be allowed in examination rooms. Anyone

absent for the mid-term exam will be given zero mark. Solutions of mid-term exam

will be posted at the course website.

Grading In order to pass this course, students must finish the final project AND the

final total grade must be more than 50%

Homework and Participation: 30%

Midterm Exam: 30%

Final Project: 40%

Other Remarks There is no fixed relationship between marks and letter grades; All

exams are mandatory and all exams will be counted; Events beyond the control of the

instructor may require changes to this outline.

Lecture Topics

1. Introduction to Fire Safety Engineering and Enclosure Fires

2. Energy Release Rates

3. Fire Plumes and Flame Heights

4. Pressure Profiles and Vent Flows

5. Gas Temperatures in Ventilated Enclosure Fires

6. Computer Modeling of Enclosure Fires

7. Heat Transfer in Compartment Fires

8. Conservation Equations and Smoke Filling

9. Combustion Products

Time TBD:

*Tour of Fire Protection Systems of Concordia EV or Hall Building

*Invited Lecture from NRC-IRC Fire Research Program

Rights and Responsibilities

Plagarism

The most common offense under the Academic Code of Conduct is plagiarism which

the Code defines as “the presentation of the work of another person as one’s own or

without proper acknowledgement.”

This could be material copied word for word from books, journals, internet sites,

professor’s course notes, etc. It could be material that is paraphrased but closely

resembles the original source. It could be the work of a fellow student, for example,

an answer on a quiz, data for a lab report, a paper or assignment completed by another

student. It might be a paper purchased through one of the many available sources.

Plagiarism does not refer to words alone - it can also refer to copying images, graphs,

tables, and ideas. “Presentation” is not limited to written work. It also includes oral

presentations, computer assignments and artistic works. Finally, if you translate the

work of another person into French or English and do not cite the source, this is also

plagiarism.

In Simple Words:

Do not copy, paraphrase or translate anything from anywhere without saying from

where you obtained it!

Source: http://provost.concordia.ca/academicintegrity/plagiarism