Fire Safety Engineering detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Civil students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Civil Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-III scheme and its subjects refer to Civil Open Elective-III syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of fire safety engineering is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INHERENT SAFETY CONCEPTS 9 Compartment fire-factors controlling fire severity, ventilation controlled and fuel controlled fires; Spread of fire in rooms, within building and between buildings. Effect of temperature on the properties of structural materials- concrete, steel, masonry and wood; Behavior of non-structural materials on fire- plastics, glass, textile fibres and other house hold materials.
Unit II
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Unit III
WORKING CONDITIONS 9 Fire separation between building- principle of calculation of safe distance. Design principles of fire resistant walls and ceilings; Fire resistant screens- solid screens and water curtains; Local barriers; Fire stopped areas-in roof, in fire areas and in connecting structures; Fire doors- Low combustible, Non-combustible and Spark-proof doors; method of suspension of fire doors; Air-tight sealing of doors;
Unit IV
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Unit V
WORKING AT HEIGHTS 9 Safe Access – Requirement for Safe Work Platforms- Stairways – Gangways and Ramps-Fall Prevention & Fall Protection – Safety Belts – Safety nets – Fall Arrestors- Working on Fragile Roofs -Work Permit Systems-Accident Case Studies.
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Roytman, M. Y,Principles of fire safety standards for building construction. Amerind Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi,1975
- John A. Purkiss,Fire safety engineering design of structures (2nd edn.), Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford, UK,2009.
Reference Books:
- Smith, E.E. and Harmathy, T.Z. (Editors),Design of buildings for fire safety. ASTM Special Publication 685, American Society for Testing and Materials, Boston, U.S.A,1979.
- Butcher, E. G. and Parnell, A. C, Designing of fire safety. JohnWiley and Sons Ltd., New York, U.S.A.1983.
- Jain, V.K,Fire safety in buildings (2nd edn.). New Age International(P) Ltd., New Delhi,2010. 4. Hazop&Hazan,Identifying and Assessing Process Industry Hazards, Fourth Edition ,1999
- Frank R. Spellman, Nancy E. Whiting,The Handbook of Safety Engineering: Principles and Applications, 2009
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