IncendiesExplosions et conséquences (MRI)

• Analyze the phenomena present in a fire and estimate its characteristics.
• Use zone code to simulate fire risk.

1. nuclear fire safety

• Introduction
• Combustion process
• Description of the development of a fire
• Elements of a compartment lamp
• Firepower
• Fire pane

2. Fire physics

Physical reminders

• Fundamentals
• Conduct
• Convection
• Radiation

Combustion

• Ignition
• Characterisation of energy release
• Gaseous combustion mechanisms
• Fire efficiency
• Fuel degradation

Free lamps

• Fires of tablecloths or solids
• Flame of jets

Fires inside buildings

• Characteristics of an interior lamp
• Fire development
• Convection of fresh air and smoke
• Ceiling-jets
• Pre-flashover growth regime
• Flame progression
• Pre-flashover temperature
• Established regime or post-flashover

3. Use of MAGIC code: Fire modelling in multi-compartment rooms

Final review

• Quintiere, J., Fundamentals of Fire Phenomena, Wiley, 2006.
• Drysdale, D., An Introduction to Fire Dynamics, Wiley, 3rd edition, 2011.
• Karlsson, B., Quintiere, J., Enclosure Fire Dynamics, CRC Press, 2000.
• Di Nenno et al., The SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering, NFPA 3rd edition, 2001.
• Buchanan, A., Structural Design for Fire Safety, Wiley 2001.