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Course
content
Internally
the course forms part of a MEng/MSc module in structural
fire engineering. For external delegates it is possible
to attend for any combination of the four days, with
the fees being pro rata. Powerpoint handouts will
be provided in hard copy and CD formats, together
with some additonal background materials and spreadsheets.
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Day
1
- Introduction
- UK legal requirements
- Building fires and
introduction to Eurocode structural fire engineering
- Fire protection &
testing, prescriptive fire protection
- BS 5950 Part 8 simple
design for steel members
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Day 2
- Eurocode 3 Part 1-2
fire design for steel members
- Eurocode 4 simple
design for composite structures
- The Cardington full-scale
fire tests & whole structure behaviour
- Post-Cardington design
guidance and performance-based design
- Alternative routes
to fire resistance
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3
- Advanced calculation
approaches
- Portal frames in
boundary conditions
- Integrated fire engineering
design (Florian Block, Buro Happold Ltd)
- Case studies (from):
- World Trade Center
WTC1 & 2
- WTC 7
- Torre Windsor
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Day
4
- Hands-on example:
practice using simple Eurocode design of structural
elements using Excel spreadsheets.
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Who should attend?
The course will be of
use to structural engineers, building control authorities
and others involved in ensuring fire resistance of buildings,
who wish to understand the background and principles
of structural fire engineering, particularly in the
context of the considerable advances in the state of
the art which have taken place over the past two decades.
Download
the provisional course leaflet here.
You can register online
at the University's online shop at http://onlineshop.shef.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?catid=39&modid=1&compid=1
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For
administrative information,
or to register by cheque, order or invoice, please contact:
Pat Rayner (P.Rayner@sheffield.ac.uk)
Civil & Structural Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Telephone: 0114 222 5758
Fax: 0114 222 5793 |
For
technical information on the content of the course contact:
Ian Burgess (ian.burgess@sheffield.ac.uk)
Telephone: 0114 222 5060 |
