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Includes the latest developments in automatic sprinkler design, as well as going beyond the NFPA 13 Standard to explain everything needed to know to professionally design a system
Starting with a general discussion of the mathematics involved, the discussion proceeds to define sprinkler density, including several examples which explain how to determine discharge areas
Explains flow phenomena to help the reader evaluate calculated sprinkler systems
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Table of contents (35 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
• Includes the latest developments in automatic sprinkler design, as well as going beyond the NFPA 13 Standard to explain everything needed to know to professionally design a system;
• Starting with a general discussion of the mathematics involved, the discussion proceeds to define sprinkler density, including several examples which explain how to determine discharge areas;
• Explains flow phenomena to help the reader evaluate calculated sprinkler systems.
Authors and Affiliations
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(Deceased), White Plains, USA
Harold S. Wass Jr.
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Keene, USA
Russell P. Fleming P.E.
About the authors
The purpose of SFPE is to advance the science and practice of fire protection engineering and its allied fields, to maintain a high ethical standard among its members and to foster fire protection engineering education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sprinkler Hydraulics
Book Subtitle: A Guide to Fire System Hydraulic Calculations
Authors: Harold S. Wass Jr., Russell P. Fleming P.E.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02595-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-02594-6Published: 15 July 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-02595-3Published: 14 July 2020
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: X, 240
Number of Illustrations: 66 b/w illustrations
Topics: Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety, Building Construction and Design, Building Physics, HVAC