Engineering Structures Under Fire & Blast

The Lecture includes Structural Response under blast loading. The fundamental of blast loading such as the Principle of the scaling law, blast profile are introduced. The basic design principles in the relevant design guidance such as SCI (1999), TM5-1300(1990) will be also introduced, which include numerical method (classical solution and incremental solution) to solve the structural response; The way to assess the structural response and human response using Iso-Damage diagrams (Pressure- Impulse diagrams); design procedure for steel and reinforced concrete members under the blast loading.

This syllabus also includes Structural Response under Fire. Basics of fire physics and the engineering idealisations made to characterise fire induced “loading” on structural systems. Detailed description of the key features of behaviour of common engineering materials (primarily steel and concrete) under high temperatures and the key responses expected when simple structural systems are exposed to fire. Traditional methods of design to ensure adequate fire resistance and recent trends towards performance- based engineering in a probabilistic framework.

On completion of the course you will be able to apply a sound knowledge of various technologies for checking response of structures under fire and blast loading.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

The course is intended for Engineers, Operations’ managers, Applied Scientists and Technologists interested in design & structure under blast loading. Engineers, managers and scientists involved in design, assessment and management of a wide range of engineering structures will also benefit from this course.

COST

The registration fee of the workshop will be £650 Plus VAT (VAT UK only) which includes course notes.

PAYMENT

We will send you an invoice for the course fee after you have registered on the course. The payment can be made via bank transfer or online credit/debit card payment. If you need any further information, please contact us by email: info@mam.engineer 

PROGRAMME (All times listed refer to local London time)

LECTURER BIO

Dr Feng Fu is the Council Member of Institution of Structural Engineers ( IStructE) in 2020 and Chair for North Thames Regional Group of IStructE in 2020. He is an Associate Editor, Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and Associate Editor, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Structures and Buildings. He is a Chartered Structural Engineer, Fellow of Institution of Structural Engineers, Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineering and Fellow of Institution of Civil Engineers.

Prior to joining academia, he worked for several world leading consultancy companies and was involved in the design of extensive prestigious construction projects worldwide, such as the tallest building in Western Europe, the Shard in London. He worked at advance analysis team in WSP Group Ltd London followed his work as a Structural Engineer in Waterman Group Ltd London. In China, He also worked as a structural engineer for one of the best and the oldest design institute in China, Beijing Institute of Architectural Design and Research (the designer of Beijing Olympic Games Stadiums and Guardian list of seven wonders of the modern world, Beijing Daxing Airport) before his study of PhD in UK. When he was doing his Master in Structural Engineering, he worked as a research assistant in China Academy of Building research, worked on research projects funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China. He received his PhD in Structural Engineering from University of Leeds, MSc in software Engineering from University of Oxford and MBA from University of Manchester. He obtained his MSc and BSc in Structural Engineering from Beijing University of Technology respectively.

Dr Fu has extensive research experience in the area of progressive collapse, structural fire analysis of tall buildings and long span structures, Tensegrity structures and composite joints. He specialized in advanced numerical modelling and developed several modelling programs using different programming languages. He also carried out several full scale tests on composite joints. His recent research has been focused on investigating the behavior of high-rise buildings, bridges and offshore structures under extreme loads such as blast and fire using advanced 3-D numerical modelling techniques.

He has published more than 100 peer reviewed technical papers with a Google Scholar h-index 22. He is also the reviewer for more than 40 international Journals. He is also the editorial board member for three international journals, voting member for two design codes of ASCE. He is the author of Four books: Fu, F. (2018). Design and Analysis of Tall and Complex Structures, Elsevier. Fu, F. (2016). Structural Analysis and Design to Prevent Disproportionate Collapse. CRC Press. Fu, F. (2015). Advanced Modeling Techniques in Structural Design, Wiley; Fu, F. (2021) Fire Safety Design for Tall Buildings. CRC Press