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Analytical methods for calculating sprinkler discharge

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Often it is difficult to reconcile experimentally determined sprinkler system flows and pressures with values calculated by the usual methods. Improved accuracy and greater simplicity can be obtained by using a discharge formula derived in terms of total pressure by use of Bernoulli’s Equation, modified for use with normal pressures.

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  1. Russell George, E., “Hydraulics”, (Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1949) pp. 80, 106, 141, 237

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  2. “The Distribution of Water by Automatic Sprinkler Systems” (Underwriters’ Laboratories, Chicago, 1927)

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  1. Peter Joseph Chicarello Jr. SFPE
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Chicarello, P.J. Analytical methods for calculating sprinkler discharge. Fire Technol 8, 45–52 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02590588

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