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- Allows practicing fire protection engineers to compare computer model predictions used in fire safety designs with actual fire test data
- Developed in accordance with ASTM El355-97
- Corresponds with the DETACT-QS user manual and technical reference guides
Part of the book series: The Society of Fire Protection Engineers Series (SFPES)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
​This engineering practice Guide, based on the DETACT-QS program, describes a model for predicting the response time of ceiling-mounted heat detectors/sprinklers and smoke detectors, installed under large unobstructed ceilings, for fires with user-defined, time-dependent heat release rate curves. The Guide provides information on the technical features, theoretical basis, assumptions, limitations, and sensitivities as well as guidance on the use of DETACT-QS. Evaluation is based on comparing predictions from DETACT-QS with results from full-scale fire experiments conducted in compartments with ceiling heights ranging from 2.44 m (8 ft) to 12.2 m (40 ft) and peak fire heat release rates ranging from 150 kW to 3.8 MW. Use of this model with building geometries or fire characteristics other than those used in this evaluation may require further evaluation or testing.
Authors and Affiliations
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Society for Fire Protection Engineers, Gaithersburg, USA
Society for Fire Protection Engineers
About the author
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) is the professional society representing those practicing the field of fire protection engineering. The Society has over 4,600 members and 111 chapters, including 23 student chapters worldwide.
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: Evaluation of the Computer Fire Model DETACT-QS
Authors: Society for Fire Protection Engineers
Series Title: The Society of Fire Protection Engineers Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82295-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Society of Fire Protection Engineers 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-82294-1Published: 22 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-82295-8Published: 01 January 2022
Series ISSN: 2731-3638
Series E-ISSN: 2731-3646
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 157
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations
Topics: Fire Science, Hazard Control, Building Safety, Computer Applications