- Author
- Croce, P. A. | Hill, J. P. | Xin, Y.
- Title
- Investigation of the Causative Mechanism of Sprinkler Skipping.
- Coporate
- FM Global Research, Norwood, MA
- Journal
- Journal of Fire Protection Engineering, Vol. 15, No. 2, 107-136, May 2005
- Keywords
- sprinklers | water sprays | water droplets | water vapors | entrainment | high temperature gases | cooling | ceiling flow | condensation | large scale fire tests | thermocouples
- Identifiers
- sprinkler skipping; fire-water spray interaction; spray entrainment; heated wind tunnel and spray generating system; Droplet Impingement Spray Cooling meter (DISC); fire environment psychrometric probe; thermocouple bead sizes; readings of bare-bead and aspirated thermocouples during steady interval (°C); Csp and skipping behavior for the second and thrid ring sprinklers