- Author
- Crocker, J. P. | Rangwala, A. S. | Dembsey, N. A. | 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
- Fire Technology, Vol. 46, No. 2, 347-362, April 2010
- Keywords
- doorways | sprinkler sprays | vents | fire suppression | arthitects | equations | fire tests | experiments | temperature | probes | mass flow | impact | mass balance | stratification | cooling | 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