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Course description

This course will be offered from Semester 1, 2024. Structural Fire Engineering is in one way or another an aspect of almost every construction project around the world. As an introduction to Structural Fire Engineering, this course is aimed at fire safety engineers as well as engineers with an interest in structural mechanics and mechanical design wishing to develop competence in this area. This is an advanced level course which will enable students to develop the skills and knowledge to evaluate the performance of structures in fire. The course covers the fundamental principles of structural mechanics under high temperature, the impact of heating on determinate and redundant structures comprised of different materials, and the effect of heating on material properties. Various levels of complexity are covered, which develops in the student a comprehensive understanding of the limitations of simple element based analysis techniques as well as the assumptions and mechanisms that underpin advanced design. All the way through the course tutorial-based learning is complemented by computer laboratory practicals to reinforce the learning outcomes.