Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

After the course, student can

1. Assess the human safety in buildings using experimental and computational analyses of evacuation
2. Recognize and assess the fire consequences in residential and industrial scales
3. Apply the probabilistic risk analysis methods to assess fire risks for life and property
4. Describe and communicate the benefits, requirements and limitations of performance-based fire design
5. Combine the fire safety engineering methods to solve design-related problems

Credits: 5

Schedule: 06.09.2024 - 21.11.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Simo Hostikka

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Week 1 Fire risk analysis and fire statistics
  Week 2 Quantitative Risk Assessment
  Week 3 Fire toxicity and life safety, ASET/RSET
  Week 4 Evacuation simulations
  Week 5 Performance-based fire safety design.
  Week 6 Project work role plays

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Learning methods

  - Lectures
  - Computer simulation exercises
  - Demonstration (evacuation drill)
  - Role play for performance based design process kick-off
  - Individual design project

  Evaluation

  - Simulation exercises: 40 %
  - Participation in contact sessions and evacuation drill: 10 %
  - Performance-based design project work: 50 %

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Student workload in total 133 hours:

  - Contact teaching: 24 h (6 x 4 h)
  - Contact teaching: simulation workshops: 6 h (6 x 1 h)
  - Demonstration: participation 2 h
  - Individual work: demonstration analysis report 2 h
  - Individual work: weekly simulation exercises: 25 h (5 x 5 h)
  - Individual work: reading literature 12 h
  - Individual work: design exercise: 60 h

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  1. Cuesta et al. Evacuation Modeling Trends. Springer Verlag, 2016
  2. SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering
  3. FDS guides
  4. Lecture notes, articles

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language: English

  Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn I - II
  2025-2026 Autumn I - II

  Registration:

  Registration for the course will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi).

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