- Author
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Crocker, J. P.
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Rangwala, A. S.
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Dembsey, N. A.
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LeBlanc, D. J.
- Title
- Investigation of Sprinkler Sprays on Fire Induced Doorway Flows.
- Coporate
- Worcester Polytechnic Inst., MA
Tyco Fire Suppression and Building Products, Cranston, RI
- Journal
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Fire Technology,
Vol. 46,
No. 2,
347-362,
April 2010
- Keywords
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doorways
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sprinkler sprays
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vents
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fire suppression
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arthitects
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equations
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fire tests
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experiments
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temperature
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probes
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mass flow
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impact
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mass balance
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stratification
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cooling
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UL 1626
- Identifiers
- performance based design; vent flow; constant cooling coefficient (equal to 0.84 for a Tyco LFII (TY2234) sprinkler); doorway temperature and bidirectional velocity probe measurement; mass flow out of a vent per unit time; surface plot of doorway mass flow; inflow/outflow balance; stratification of the upper and lower gas layers; neutral plane; discharge coefficient; non-dimensional neutral plane location; non-dimensional upper gas layer temperature; sprinkler cooling coefficient