Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
3 credits
20.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Vassart Olivier;
Language
English
Prerequisites
It is advised to have a grounding in the fundamental concepts of material resistance, structural mechanics, stability and the bases of design of steel, composite steel-concrete and reinforced concrete structures, as taught in LGCIV1022, LGCIV1031, LGCIV1023, LGCIV1032, LGCIV2033.
Main themes
The course concerns exceptional accidental actions by fire that can affect the structures. The themes are:
- The characteristics of the action (fire);
- The structural responses in thermal terms;
- The principles of fire protection; The main lines of the Eurocodes prescriptions taking into account fire
- The characteristics of the action (fire);
- The structural responses in thermal terms;
- The principles of fire protection; The main lines of the Eurocodes prescriptions taking into account fire
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
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With reference to the AA reference system of the "Master of Civil Engineering" program, this course contributes to the development, acquisition and evaluation of the following learning outcomes: AA1.1, AA1.2, AA1.3., AA5.5 and AA5.6 More specifically, at the end of this course, the student will be able to: Fire problematic: ' Describe the thermal actions associated with the development of a fire; ' Know the different possible approaches for calculating and characterizing a fire; ' Describe the different parameters influencing the thermal behavior of materials (steel, concrete, wood) and the link with the modification of their mechanical behavior; ' Describe the membrane behavior of composite steel-concrete structures in a fire situation; ' Describe the steps involved in performing a fire engineering calculation on a typical building; ' Know the advantages and disadvantages of the different types of fireproof design (coating, intumescent paints, Promat type materials, oversizing, etc.). |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Online resources
MoodleUCL website including the slides of the courses and several useful documents
Bibliography
Transparents du cours.
Faculty or entity
GC
