Advanced Fire Design

Recommended Prerequisites

The pre-requisites of this course are those corresponding to the application for the PhD Steel and Composite Construction.

Teaching Methods

Theorectical classes (30 hours): presentation of the concepts and technologies associated to it.  Presentation of detailed aspects of technology and application exercises performed in class or lab. Students participate actively in the process of formation, being asked to present solutions to the problems posed. They are also asked to present and analyze the problems of its industrial enterprises. Occasionally students are invited to attend lectures by visiting specialists.

Tutorial classes (22.5 hours) will be to solve independent exercises and to answer questions.

Learning Outcomes

The aim of this course is to provide students with the theoretical basis for the safety of steel structures and composite steel and concrete structures in fire, practical exercises in accordance with the Eurocodes 1, 3 and 4, Part 1-2. Acquiring capabilities in synthesis and analysis, oral and written communication, problems solving, critic reflection, autonomous learning and practical application of theoretical knowledge.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Module A - National legislation and legal overview. Active and Passive systems for fire protection.

Module B - Dynamics of the fire and "fire performance based design". Generation, development and spread of fires, fire load, openning factor; Thermal actions on structures exposed to fire (EC1-1.2) and fire performance based design.

Module C - Actions on structures exposed to fire.

Module D - Material properties. Steel temperature. Active and passive systems for fire protection.

Module E - Fire design of steel and composite structures: structural fire design: steel structures (EC3-1.2) and steel-concrete composite structures (EC4-1.2).

Module F - Advanced design methodologies.

Head Lecturer(s)

Aldina Maria da Cruz Santiago

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Jean-Marc Franssen and Paulo Vila Real, "Fire Design of Steel Structures", ECCS press, 2010.

Portaria no1532/2008, Diário da República, 1a série, N.o 250, 29 de Dez, 2008.

Decreto-Lei no220/2008, Diário da República, 1a série, N.o 220, 2008. Decreto-Lei nº224/2015, Diário da República, 1ª série, N.º 198, 2015 (alteração ao Decreto-Lei no220/2008). Decreto-Lei nº123/2019, Diário da República, 1ª série, N.º 201, 2019 (3ª alteração ao Decreto-Lei no220/2008).

EC1: Actions on structures – Part 1-2: General actions – Actions on structures exposed to fire, European committee for standardization, Nov 2002

EC2: Design of concrete structures – Part 1-2: General rules – Structural fire design. European committee for standardization, Dec 2004.

EC3: Design of steel structures – Part 1-2: General rules – Structural fire design, European committee for standardization, April 2005

EC4: Design of composite steel and concrete structures – Part 1-2: General rules – Structural fire design”, Euro.