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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MATH246 and (PHYS260 and PHYS261 {Formerly: PHYS262}). Basic principles of fluid flow. Properties of a fluid, velocity field, flow patterns. Pressure distribution in a fluid. Hydrostatic and hydrodynamic problems. Integral relations for control volumes. Differential relations, dimensional analysis and similarity. Internal and external flow problems associated with fire protection systems and fire scenarios.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENFP300 and permission of department. Corequisite: ENFP312. Introduction to aqueous fire suppression. Discussion of key fluid dynamics and heat transfer processes in aqueous fire suppression. System design and performance analysis based on national standards, hydraulic theory and elementary fluid dynamics and heat transfer.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: (ENCH300, ENME320 or ENME232) and (ENFP300, ENCE330 or ENME331). Fundamentals of heat and mass transfer. Conduction, convection, radiation modes of heat transfer. Diffusion concepts and evaporation phenomena. Problem solving techniques with application to fire problems.
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4.00 Credits
Three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week. For ENFP majors only. Experimental evaluation of ignition, flame spread, rate of heat release and smoke production of furnishings and interior finish materials.
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1.00 Credits
One hour of lecture, discussion, seminar or invited speakers per week. Prerequisite: permission of department. Junior standing. Not open to students who have completed ENFP450. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: ENFP350 or ENFP450. Formerly ENFP450. An integrative, upper level professional development seminar covering topics such as engineering ethics, professional licensing, codes and standards, intellectual property, career selection and various contemporary issues in fire protection engineering.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENES220. For ENFP majors only. Effects of elevated temperature on structural materials; steel, concrete, wood, gypsum, glass and reinforced plastics. Experimental evaluation of fire resistance of building assemblies. Analytical methods to evaluate fire resistance of structural members.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENFP250, ENFP255 and permission of department. Appraisal and measurement of fire safety. Application of systems analysis, probability theory, engineering economy, and risk management in the identification and synthesis of components of fire protection engineering. Methods for the development of criteria for the design, evaluation and assessment of fire safety or component hazards.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENFP300 or ENME331; and ENME320; and ENFP312 or permission of department. Introduction to premixed and diffusion flames; ignition, flame spread and rate of burning; fire plumes; flame radiation.
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3.00 Credits
Senior standing. Techniques and procedures of problem orientation and solution design utilizing logical and numerical procedures. Student development of research projects in selected areas.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: permission of department. Senior standing. For ENFP majors only. An introduction to the elements of enclosure fires through the development of fire modeling algorithms and the application of computer-based fire modeling techniques. Numerical techniques, including curve-fitting, root-finding, integration and the solution of ordinary differential equations, are developed in the context of enclosure fire modeling applications. Math software packages, including primarily spreadsheet programs, are used to address and solve a variety of enclosure fire problems.
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