Carbon steel: expansion = 6.7 x 10^-6 x L. x delta T.
Example: 200 feet of steel pipe installed at 30 degrees F and raised to 100
degrees F.
6.7 x 10^-6 x 200ft x 12in/ft x 70degrees = 1.13 inches
Copper: 9.3 x 10^-6
The source, Perry's Engineering Manual, puts a range on that coefficient of 32
to 212 degrees F. For down and dirty purposes, this should work to foreseeable
colder temps.
Dave
David A. de Vries, P.E., CSP
Firetech Engineering Incorporated
--- On Wed, 11/10/10, Charles Thurston <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Charles Thurston <[email protected]>
Subject: Pipe Expansion
To: "sprinklerforum" <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 8:10 AM
Hello sprinklerforum,
Does anybody know of a down and dirty chart or calculator to figure pipe
expansion lengths due to temperature change ?
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Coastal Fire Protection/ Myrtle Beach Fire & Safety Group.
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