Classes in ENFP
| ENFP250 | Introduction to Life Safety Analysis (3 credits) | ||
| Prerequisite: permission of department. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENFP421 or ENFP250. Formerly ENFP 251. Introduction to fire protection engineering and building regulation, building safety systems, and egress system design. Evacuation modeling. Human behavior in fires. Tenability Analysis. | |||
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| ENFP300 | (PermReq)Fire Protection Fluid Mechanics (3 credits) | ||
| Prerequisites: MATH246 and (PHYS260 and PHYS261 {Formerly: PHYS262}). Basic principles of fluid flow. Properties of a fluid, velocity field, flow patterns. Pressure distribution in a fluid. Hydrostatic and hydrodynamic problems. Integral relations for control volumes. Differential relations, dimensional analysis and similarity. Internal and external flow problems associated with fire protection systems and fire scenarios. | |||
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| ENFP405 | (PermReq)Structural Fire Protection (3 credits) | ||
| Prerequisite: ENES220. For ENFP majors only. Effects of elevated temperature on structural materials; steel, concrete, wood, gypsum, glass and reinforced plastics. Experimental evaluation of fire resistance of building assemblies. Analytical methods to evaluate fire resistance of structural members. | |||
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| ENFP415 | (PermReq)Fire Dynamics (3 credits) | ||
| Prerequisites: ENFP300 or ENME331; and ENME320; and ENFP312 or permission of department. Introduction to premixed and diffusion flames; ignition, flame spread and rate of burning; fire plumes; flame radiation. | |||
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| ENFP425 | (PermReq)Fire Modeling (3 credits) | ||
| Prerequisite: permission of department. Senior standing. For ENFP majors only. An introduction to the elements of enclosure fires through the development of fire modeling algorithms and the application of computer-based fire modeling techniques. Numerical techniques, including curve-fitting, root-finding, integration and the solution of ordinary differential equations, are developed in the context of enclosure fire modeling applications. Math software packages, including primarily spreadsheet programs, are used to address and solve a variety of enclosure fire problems. | |||
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| ENFP611 | Fire Induced Flows (3 credits) | ||
| Recommended: ENFP 415. Theoretical basis is presented for fire induced bouyancy driven flows. Plumes, ceiling jets, vent flows, compartment flows. Dimensional analysis for correlations and scale model applications. Smoke movement and combustion products. | |||
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| ENFP621 | (PermReq)Analytical Procedures of Structural Fire Protection (3 credits) | ||
| Prerequisite: ENFP 312 and ENFP 405. Analysis procedures for structural components of wood, steel, concrete, composites. Structural capabilities, modifications under fire induced exposures. Calculations, computer models for predicting fire resistance ratings of structural components. | |||
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