(3 credits)

Prerequisites

• Permission from the Department
• Senior Standing

Textbooks

• None

Course Description

• This course is an introduction to computer-based fire modeling: zone modeling and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); documentation of input data, validation and verification tests.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completing ENFP416, students should:

• Understand zone and CFD modeling approaches used by professional engineers to simulate fire phenomena
• Use some of the leading fire modeling software products used by professional engineers to simulate fire phenomena
• Develop analytical skills for verification and validation (V&V) of simulation results from fire modeling software
• Develop analytical skills for interpretation of simulation results from fire modeling software

Topics Covered

• Introduction to computer-based fire modeling and comparison between the zone modeling and CFD modeling approaches
• Verification and Validation testing
• Introduction to zone modeling software used by professional engineers (CFAST)
• Introduction to CFD modeling software used by professional engineers (FDS)
• Series of case studies using zone and CFD models to simulate different representative fire problems, including configurations featuring
  - smoke transport
  - fire spread
  - flashover and under-ventilated fires
  - thermal radiation transport
  - fire detection
  - sprinkler activation