Structural Fire Engineering

3 Credits

Design and assessment of structural systems subjected to fire. Emphasizes a 3-phase approach to structural-fire engineering: (1) fire modeling, (2) heat transfer modeling, and (3) structural modeling. Includes approaches to simulate combustion and heat release for indoor and outdoor fires. Heat transfer modeling focuses on calculating the temperature increase of fire-exposed structural elements. Mechanics of structural elements and assemblies consider thermal expansion and weakening due to increasing temperature. Design approaches to mitigate the effects of fire are introduced.