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Sprinkler Hydraulics

A Guide to Fire System Hydraulic Calculations

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Authors:
  1. Harold S. Wass Jr.

    1. (Deceased), White Plains, USA

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  2. Russell P. Fleming P.E.

    1. Keene, USA

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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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 1-3

  3. Automatic Sprinkler Systems—A Brief Overview

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 5-6

  4. NFPA 13

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 7-8

  5. Those Magic Words…Hydraulically Calculated

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 9-11

  6. A Word About the Math

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 13-14

  7. A Few Words About the Units of Measurement

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 15-18

  8. The Evolution of the Sprinkler: Choose Your Weapons with Care

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 19-26

  9. What Are We Calculating?

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 27-39

  10. Discharge from a Sprinkler

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 41-44

  11. Elevation Changes

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 45-45

  12. Sprinkler Piping—Nothing Is Simple These Days

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 47-49

  13. Friction Loss of Water Flowing in a Pipe

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 51-57

  14. Underground Fire Service Mains

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 59-59

  15. Losses from Fittings and Valves

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 61-64

  16. Backflow Preventers

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 65-72

  17. Velocity Pressure

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 73-78

  18. The Hydraulically Most Remote Area

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 79-83

  19. Flow Velocity as a Constraint

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 85-87

  20. Calculating a Dead-End Sprinkler System

    • Harold S. Wass, Russell P. Fleming
    Pages 89-100
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About this book

This is the foremost guide to hydraulically designing sprinkler systems for commercial and residential buildings.  Sprinkler Hydraulics, Third Edition 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. Sprinkler Hydraulics, Third Edition explains flow phenomena to help the reader evaluate calculated sprinkler systems. 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.


•         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

  • (Deceased), White Plains, USA

    Harold S. Wass Jr.

  • Keene, USA

    Russell P. Fleming P.E.

About the authors

The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) was established in 1950 and incorporated as an independent organization in 1971. It is the professional society representing those practicing the field of fire protection engineering. The Society has over 4,600 members and 92 chapters, including 17 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: 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

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