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Course Name	Turkish	Kapalı Hacimlerde Yangın Dinamiği
	English	Enclosure Fire Dynamics
Course Code	GEM 610E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	2	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Selma Ergin
Course Objectives		1. To teach the characteristics of ship fires to improve the fire safety of ships 2. To teach the modeling techniques of the enclosure fires 3. To teach the characteristics of fires in the enclosures
Course Description		A qualitative description of enclosure fires; energy release rates; fire plumes and flame heights, pressure profiles and vent flows for well-ventilated enclosures; gas temperatures in ventilated enclosure fires; heat transfer in compartment fires; conservation equations and smoke movement; combustion products; computer modeling of enclosure fires; specific fire problems related with ships.
Course Outcomes		Students that complete the course with success, will acquire the following qualities: 1. Able to model enclosure fires 2. Able to design fire safe ships 3. Able to understand characteristics of enclosure fires 4. Able to understand the importance of fires in the design of ships 5. To get familiar with the numerical and analytical modeling techniques for fires.
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Textbook		1. Karlsson, B, Quintiere, J.G.; Enclosure Fire Dynamics, CRC Press LLC, 2000.
Other References		1. Gebhart, B., Jaluria,Y., Mahajan, R.L., Sammakia,B.; Buoyancy-Induced Flows and Transport, Hemisphere Publ. Corp., 1988. 2. Janssens, M.L.; An Introduction to Mathematical Fire Modelling, Technomic Pub. Co., 2000. 3. IMO, Fire prevention and fire fighting, International Maritime Organisation, 2000. 4. Welty, J.R.; Fundamentals of Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer, 4th Edition, John Wiley&Sons, 2001. 5. Shih,T.M.; Numerical Heat Transfer, Hemisphere Publ. Corp., 1984.

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