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Author
Zhuiykov, S. | Dowling, V.
Title
Maintenance Testing of Sprinkler Heads: Qualitative Analysis Causes of Failures.
Coporate
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Melbourne, Australia
Book or Conf
Fire Safety Science. Proceedings. Eighth (8th) International Symposium. International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS). September 18-23, 2005, Intl. Assoc. for Fire Safety Science, Boston, MA, Beijing, China, Gottuk, D. T.; Lattimer, B. Y., Editors, 811-822 p., 2005
Keywords
fire research | fire safety | fire science | fire suppression | sprinkler heads | maintenance | tests | failure | sprinkler systems | fire protection | temperature | corrosion
Identifiers
Australian Standard AS 1851: Part 3 (Maintenance of fire protection equipment - Automatic fire sprinkler systems); SSL Test Specification FTS-123; hydrostatic leakage testing; functional testing; operating temperature range for glass bulb sprinklers; comparison of different failures for the sprinkler heads; commercial sprinkler testing; modes of sprinkler test failure; relate to how defective sprinklers may fail in a real fire situation