Short Course on

Design and Safety of Structures under Fire

 

Detailed Program

 

Day 1: 5 Dec 2014                                                                                    Venue: Shed 3, Room 226

8:30 – 9:30

Registration

9:30 – 10:00

Inauguration

10:00 – 10:30

Tea and group photograph

10:30 – 10:45

Introduction and overview (Gaurav Srivastava)

10:45 – 12:00

Introduction to Fire Safety (Venkatesh Kodur)

12:00 – 12:45

Where do Indian codes stand in fire design (Gaurav Srivastava)

12:45 – 1:30

Lunch

1:30 – 2:30

Review of RCC structural design with examples (Dhiman Basu)

3:30 – 4:00

Tea

4:00 – 4:45

Review of steel structural design with examples (Dhiman Basu)

4:45 – 6:00

Design for fire – I: Development of fire scenarios for fire design (Venkatesh Kodur)

Day 2: 6 Dec 2014                                                                                    Venue: Shed 3, Room 226

9:00 – 10:30

Design for fire – II: Fire design of concrete structures (Venkatesh Kodur)

10:30 – 11:00

Tea

11:00 – 11:45

Hands-on examples of RCC design (Gaurav Srivastava)

11:45 – 12:45

Design for fire – III: Fire design of steel structures (Anthony Abu)

12:45 – 1:45

Lunch

1:45 – 2:30

Hands-on examples of steel design (Gaurav Srivastava)

2:30 – 3:30

Computational modeling of structures subjected to fire (Anthony Abu)

3:30 – 4:00

Tea

4:00 – 5:00

Application of Computer Models for Rational Fire Design of Structures (Anthony Abu)

5:00 – 5:30

Open discussion

5:30 – 6:00

Valediction