CE 549 Special Topics
Structural Fire Safety: Theory and Applications
Credits: 3 Class Time: Mon. 11am-2pmOffice Hours: Th. 1-3pm
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The aim of this course is to understand the underlying mechanics of structures under an extreme natural hazard: fire. First, the fundamentals of heat transfer in solids are developed such as the radiative and convective heat transfer, conductivity of steel and concrete and fire growth. With the fire mechanics at hand, the structural mechanics (mostly static) under fire conditions are developed. Simple structures in isolation such as beams and columns under gravity and fire load are analyzed, which paves the way to more complicated structures such as structural frames. Further discussion on Eurocode Standards and its application to buildings is made. Lastly, some computational tools such as SAFIR, ANSYS and ABAQUS are utilized to run several structural analyzes.
Serdar Selamet, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Bogazici University
School of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Bebek
Istanbul, TURKEY
phone: +90-212-3596430
Email
Alma Mater
B.S. Duke University, NC USA
M.A. Princeton University, NJ USA
Ph.D. Princeton University, NJ USA