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Author:   Harold S. Wass Jr. ,  Russell P. Fleming P.E.
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   3rd ed. 2020
Weight:   0.547kg
ISBN:  

9783030025946

ISBN 10:   3030025942
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   15 July 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Automatic Sprinklers: A Brief Overview.- 3 NFPA 13.- 4 Those Magic Words: Hydraulically Calculated.- 5 A Word About the Math.- 6 A Few Words About the Units of Measurement.- 7 Back at the Lab: What Has Been Going on There?.- 8 The Evolution of the Sprinkler: Choose Your Weapons With Care.- 9 What Are We Calculating?.- 10 Discharge from a Sprinkler.- 11 Elevation Change.- 12 Sprinkler Piping: Nothing is Simple These Days.- 13 Friction Loss of Water Flowing in a Pipe.- 14 Underground Fire Service Mains.- 15 Losses from Fittings and Valves.- 16 Backflow Preventers.- 17 Velocity Pressures.- 18 The Hydraulically Most Remote Area.- 19 Flow Velocity as a Constraint.- 20 Calculating a Dead-End Sprinkler System.- 21 Relating Hydraulic Calculations to the Water Supply.- 22 A Simplified Method for Calculating Pipe Schedule Systems.- 23 Factory Mutual Data Sheet 2-76.

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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.

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