- 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