Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Engineering
Learning Methods
Lecture
Online
Tutorial
Module Offerings
7091RTC-APR-PAR
Aims
To enable students to categorise the range of hazardous physical effects that can occur in a given situation, assess the impact of the different physical effects, and discuss the uses and limitations of physical effect modelling.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Analyse an industrial plant/installation to determine expected physical effects in the event of an incident.
2.
Evaluate, by applying physical effects modelling techniques, how these physical effects affect people and plant.
3.
Justify which of the available modelling techniques/software is appropriate to analyse physical effects in different circumstances, whilst understanding the limitations of these techniques.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Introduction to physical effects modelling – what are physical effects and why model them?
Source term release and discharge calculation:
Dispersion analysis
Fire modelling
Explosion modelling
Subsea releases / oil dispersion.
Human and plant vulnerability to physical effects
Commercial and public domain software tools.
Additional Information:The aim of this module is to enable students to understand the range of hazardous physical effects that can occur, an overview of human and equipment vulnerability to physical effects, and the uses and limitations of physical effect modelling. This includes an introduction to physical effects modelling and the opportunity for some hands-on practice of physical effects calculations.
Assessment is in the form of an essay combined with activities (e.g. exercises, discussions, etc.).
The module is delivered via distance learning, described as follows:
Lecture (using slides and slide notes): Online self-study
Tutorial/Activities (Exercises and reviews): Online activities with teacher feedback, and virtual classrooms
Tutor-supported Online: Tutor feedback for activities, virtual classrooms and email support.
In this module, the knowledge learning outcomes are K1, K2, the skills learning outcomes are S1, S2, S5 and the behaviours learning outcomes are B1, B2, B3 and B4.