Agree George-- I do not see how it could be otherwise. Expert witnesses for the prosecution and the defense both can "prove" whatever they want to using modeling :(. I use it to get a second opinion of what my gut is telling me, and for something enjoyable and fascinating to do home nights and weekends. I have used FDS far more for designing smoke exhaust and EVAC, than sprinkler models- also fascinating (to me) and more satisfying in that smoke control systems can be tested 'full scale' and not be destructive doing so.
-----Original Message----- From: George Church [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 7:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: 13R balcony protection I suppose it's just since we apply the codes and standards as adopted so most AHJs don't know and don't care if we can model something or draw other conclusions than what they're reading in black and white, day in and day out. George L. Church, Jr., CET Rowe Sprinkler Systems, Inc. PO Box 407, Middleburg, PA 17842 877-324-ROWE 570-837-6335 fax [email protected] _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
