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ME 672Advanced Fire Dynamics

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Mechanical Engineering

ME 672 as listed in the Fall 2024 Graduate Calendar. The main page has the current version, when it runs, and seats.

Ignitability of materials, flame spread, burning rates. Specification of design fires. Stages of room fires, hot layer development and composition. Thermal stratification, entrainment, ceiling flames and jets, smoke filling. Principles of ventilation, wall and ceiling vents, pressure distributions, smoke control. Wall and ceiling heat transfer, corner effects. Enclosure and zone radiation. Room fire growth and spread, flashover, rapid fire growth phenomena. Use of zone/field models for fire development. (Also offered Online)

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Must have completed the following:
    • Must have completed the following:
      • ME671 - Fundamental Fire Dynamics (0.50)

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Check it elsewhere for Fall 2024

Calendar versions

Graduate Calendar

Older Graduate Calendars

In 15 terms, Fall 2015 to Winter 2024