Roland, I am not an expert, but i don´t think the speed of the ceiling jet really speaks to the heart of what I was saying. What I was saying was the ceiling jet would not stop because it was so deep relative to the purlin. I was not considering it slowing down or turning back. i was considering the smoke flowing and going below the purlin.
if we got a big fire at the floor (admittedly a special case), and the ceiling is really high, the ceiling jet is going to be so thick that the 8 inch purlins are going to look like a sidewalk curb to Godzilla (we can leave Katrina out of this one). No matter how slow Godzilla is going, he aint stopping at the curb if the curb does not come up above his shin. to me, the whole thing becomes very complicated fire size, to a lesser degree fire area, ceiling height, purlin depth and my point is: it might be too complicated to simply call a dead subject by definition. but I don´t know. that is why i put on neon green, and wrote like a man awakened from the dead whose is running across the screen: so you would see this thread and answer instead of rolling your eyes in your head. Roland, I know I have contradicted you a few times in the past. I also know that I am an ignorant son-of-a-Katrina. I mean that. I takes a long time for things to sink in with me. That is why I ask the dumb questions. I intend NO disrespect. NONE. Yes. sometimes i write in iambic pentameter. Big Sh**. It is the content, not the font, that counts. I am just looking for some logic to hang onto with the few last brain cells I have firing. And I know you are one of the guys who knows what is going on. So I counterpoint you on occassion. scot deal excelsior fire _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
