CIVE 5614
Design for Fire Resistance
Behaviour of materials and structures at elevated temperatures; fire-resistance tests; fire-resistance ratings; building code requirements; real-world fires; assessing the fire resistance of steel, concrete and wood building assemblies.
2023
Topics
- Fire Safety in Buildings - Fire and Heat
- Fires; Pre-flashover Design Fires; Heat Transfer
- Room Fires
- Overview; Pre-flashover fires; Flashover; Post-flashover Fires; Design Fires; Other Factors
- Fire Severity
- Overview; Fire Severity and Fire Resistance; Fire Severity; Standard Fire; Equivalent Fire Severity
- Fire Resistance
- by Calculation; Fire Resistance of Assemblies
- Design of Structures Exposed to Fire
- Steel Structures
- Concrete Structures
- Steel-Concrete Construction Exposed to Fire
- Timber Structures
- Timber Connections in Fire
Prerequisites & course information
Precludes additional credit for CIVE 5709 (2001-2003).
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- 2023 Fall Outline CIVE 5614 F ↗2023