Modelling of Transport Phenomena and Environmental Effects

Recommended Prerequisites

Basic knowledg in physics and mathmatics, or professional skills on risk sciences.

Teaching Methods

Oral classes. Laboratory visits with final report.

Learning Outcomes

A) Basic laws of heat transfer  are presented. Calculation of thermal power transferred and effects on objects exposed to a forest fire. B) Materials response and phisiological response of human body to a thermal impact. C) Hygroscopic behaviour of biologic materials and influence of meteorological conditions on humidity content of forest fuels. D) Fundamentals on solar energy. Greenhouse effect. E) Atmospheric dispersion of pollutents. F) Atmospheric boudary layer.G) Introduction to forest fires.H) Climate, meteorology, topography and vegetation. I) Fire behaviour: wind and slope effects. J) Forest fire management: detection systems, personal safety and burned areas recovery.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1) Basic laws of heat transfer. Fourier, Newton and Stefan-Boltzmann  laws. Radiative and convective impact. 2) Reaction of materials to  radiative or convective impacts. Phisiological response of human body to high thermal fluxes. Safety questions. 3) Analysis of the relations between meteorological conditions and hygroscopic behaviour of forest fuels. 4) Relations between solar energy and greenhouse effect. 5) Dispersion mechanisms of atmospheric dispersion. 6)  Atmospheric boundary layer and atmospheric stability. 7) Study of forest fires 8) Study of the influence of meteorology, climate, topography and vegetation. 9) Forest fire detection systems; personal safety and strategies for burned areas recovery.

Head Lecturer(s)

Domingos Xavier Filomeno Carlos Viegas

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Report of a seminar or field trip: 20.0%
Exam: 80.0%

Bibliography

1- Heat Transfer: a pratical approach (1998) Çengel Y.A, McGraw-Hill

2- Rossa C, Viegas D. X., Ribeiro, L.M, 2011. Incêndios Florestais. Verlag Dashöfer.  272 p. ISBN 978-989-642-139-7.

3- Viegas, D.X., 2012. Extreme Fire Behaviour. In: Armando C. Bonilla Cruz and Ramona E. Guzman Correa (Ed.), Forest Management: Technology, Practices  and Impact. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. ISBN 978-1-62081-359-1.pp: 1-56.

4- Chandler, C, Cheney P, Thomas P, Trabaud L and Williams D. 1983. Fire in Forestry. Vol I. Forest Fire Behaviour and Effects. John Wiley & Sons. New York.

5- Iqbal.M., An Introduction to Solar Radiation, Academic Press, 1983

6- S. Eskinazi, Fluid Mechanics and Termodynamics of our Environment, Academic Press, 1975.

7- E. Plate, Engineering Meteorology, Elsevier, 1982.

8- K. Wark e C.F. Warner, Air Pollution, Its Origin and Control, Harper Collins, 1981.

9- D.A. Quintela, Apontamentos sobre Energética do Meio Ambiente, 1990