Analysis of the initial spray from canonical fire suppression nozzles

dc.contributor.advisorMarshall, André Wen_US
dc.contributor.authorRen, Ningen_US
dc.contributor.departmentFire Protection Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-09-28T15:02:50Z
dc.date.available2007-09-28T15:02:50Z
dc.date.issued2007-08-10en_US
dc.description.abstractThe performance of a fire suppression spray is governed by injector discharge characteristics. An atomization model based on the theoretical evolution of a radially expanding sheet generated by an impinging jet has been established in this study. The atomization model predicts characteristic initial drop location, size, and velocity based on injector operating conditions and geometry. These model predictions have been compared with measured discharge characteristics from three nozzle configurations of increasing geometrical complexity over a range of operating conditions. Differences between the predicted and measured initial spray are critically evaluated based on the experimentally observed atomization behavior.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/7388
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Mechanicalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAtomizationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBreak-upen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSprinkleren_US
dc.titleAnalysis of the initial spray from canonical fire suppression nozzlesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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