Often wondered about the round peg in a square hole concept myself. Probably has something to do with overlap. My idea for the square deflector didn't get much traction. Good luck with the job search.
At 09:05 AM 4/24/2012, you wrote: >I had a brain-fart and came up with this question for the forum. Especially >the engineers. Since sprinklers, in general, throw in a circular pattern, >and we calc the sprinklers as squares, there is always overlap so we are by >default miscalculating a percentage of the density. Has anyone ever >calculated the safety factor effect by ignoring the arcs outside the >square??? > >Thomas >A+ fitter/Foreman >No work in Orlando, FL area >Willing to relocate >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/private/sprinklerforum/attachments/20120424/5639c5b1/attachment.html> >_______________________________________________ >Sprinklerforum mailing list >[email protected] >http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum Todd G. Williams, PE Fire Protection Design/Consulting Stonington, CT 860.535.2080 www.fpdc.com _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
