UNSW Handbook Course - Introduction to Fire and Explosion Phenomena

Introduction to Fire and Explosion Phenomena - SESC8101


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Safety Science
	Contact: Green,Anthony Roland
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	Contact Hours per Week: 6
	Offered: Semester 1 2005
	Fee Band: 2

Description

This course gives an overview of legislation for fire and explosion safety management in buildings and industry by the australian Building Code, the Health and Safety Act.The Risk Management process to prevention, protection and emergency planning will be discussed. The course will then discuss basic gas, liquid and solid fire phenomenon and their application to the dynamics of fires, explosions and suppression. The course will then discuss the use of test methods for the measurement of flammability, explosion and fire resistance properties and focus on the use of these methods to deduce key properties required for fire and explosion safety analysis, the development of new test methods and regulatory approval tests.

Note: Also offered in off campus mode in S1.

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