The force of the impact is a function of mass x velocity (a momentum issue). Since it isn’t slamming into a dead-end then reversing directions, there must a constant for reduction as an additional variable but I haven’t looked into that deeply.
If anyone is inclined to take a nose dive into this pool, it would make an interesting article for Sprinkler Age. Contact me off line if the water looks tempting. Roland Roland Huggins, PE - Senior VP Engineering American Fire Sprinkler Assn. Dallas, TX http://www.firesprinkler.org <http://www.firesprinkler.org/> Fire Sprinklers Saves Lives > On Mar 12, 2019, at 7:56 AM, Skyler Bilbo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thinking about this more - hopefully someone will chime in... The total > pressure (velocity pressure + normal pressure) should never exceed your > initial static pressure. If you design braces to handle this full initial > static pressure times the area of whatever size pipe you have (pi * r^2), I > would think this would be a safe calculation. Again, I hope someone chimes > in on this. I have been wrong more than once, so don't just take my word for > it. >
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