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Mathematical model for analyzing the trade-offs in aircraft hangar deluge sprinkler systems design

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The author explores the use of simple mathematical models in optimizing the design of fixed protection systems by testing the cost sensitivity of an aircraft hangar foam-water deluge system to variations in semi-arbitrarily fixed design parameters.

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References

  1. Standard on Aircraft Hangars, NFPA No. 409 (National Fire Protection Association, Boston, 1972).

  2. Handbook of Industrial Loss Prevention, Factory Mutual Engineering Corporation (Graw-Hill, New York 1967).

  3. Chicarello, P. J., Krasner, L. M., and Shpilberg, D. C., “Aircraft Ground Fire Suppression and Rescue Systems — Task III — Large Aircraft AGFSR Analysis and Evaluation, Report 21006, Factory Mutual Research Corporation (September 1972).

  4. Marks, David, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, informal discussions, January 1973.

  5. “Aircraft Hangar Construction and Protection,” Factory Mutual Research Corporation subject file, FMRC library, (August 1970 to January 1973).

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  7. Fitzgerald, Paul M., Chairman of the National Fire Protection Association Sectional Committee on Aircraft Hangars and Airport Facilities, personal interview, December 1972.

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    David Shpilberg

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Note: The author is a doctoral candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Shpilberg, D. Mathematical model for analyzing the trade-offs in aircraft hangar deluge sprinkler systems design. Fire Technol 10, 304–314 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02589988

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