Fire Service Hydraulics

Name: Fire Service Hydraulics
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ISBN: 9780912212050

ISBN-10: 0912212055

ISBN-13: 9780912212050

Edition: 2nd 1970

Authors: James E. Casey, Dick Sylvia

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Book details

List price: $35.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1970
Publisher: Fire Engineering Books & Videos
Publication date: 10/1/1970
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 427
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Theory



Water--at Rest and in Motion


Hydrostatics or Liquids at Rest


Liquids in Motion, Hydrokinetics



Velocity and Discharge


Flow Velocity and Nozzle Discharge


Nozzle Reaction


Friction Loss in Water Conductors



Water



Water Distribution Systems


Water Supply Systems


Fire Flow Tests



Fire Service Pumps


Centrifugal, Piston and Rotary Pumps


Booster and High Pressure Pumps


Portable and Back-Pack Pumps


Tanker Pumps


Municipal and Industrial Fire Pumps (Stationary)



Practice



Friction Loss Calculations


How Friction Loss Works


Friction Loss in Small Hose


Flow Advantages of Big Hose



Engine and Nozzle Pressures


Parallel Lines


Aerial Stream Calculations


Relay Pumping



Fire Streams


Nozzle Performance


Heavy Streams



Standpipe Systems


Water Supplies


Operating at Fires



Automatic Sprinkler Systems


Classifications of Sprinkler Systems


Water Supplies for Sprinkler Systems



Foam



Fire Fighting Foams and Foam Systems


Characteristics of Foam


Foam Generation Methods


Proportioning Devices


Foam Systems



Fire Stream Tables, Friction Loss Table, Conversion Tables (Cubic Feet to Gallons, Gallons to Cubic Feet), Contents of Cylinders, Circumferences and Areas of Circles, Square Roots


Index