- Author
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Heskestad, G.
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Bill, R. G.
- Title
- Quantification of Thermal Responsiveness of Automatic Sprinklers Including Conduction Effects.
- Coporate
- Factory Mutual Research Corp., Norwood, MA
- Journal
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Fire Safety Journal,
Vol. 14,
No. 1&2,
113-125,
July 1, 1988
- Book or Conf
- Society of Fire Protection Engineers. Fire Detection and Suppression...Today's Technology. March 9-11, 1987,
Linthicum Heights, MD,
1-30 p.,
1988
- Keywords
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sprinklers
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response time
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tunnel tests
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heat loss
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fire models
- Abstract
- RTI stands for "Response Time Index." It represents the product of the thermal time constant for the heat-responsive element of an automatic sprinkler and the square root of the associated gas velocity.