do houses with lightning rods fare better?
LOL, well if I had the choice between jumping into a barrel full of safety pins or a barrel full of nails, I'd go safety pins all the way (as long as they're closed).
Architects and engineers consider the K-factor of a sprinkler head when designing a fire sprinkler system. The system uses many variables to determine the amount of water that will flow through the sprinkler head. By utilizing the K-factor, the builders can confirm that enough water will flow from the sprinkler to extinguish any possible fire. The K-factor is the number of liters of water that flows through the sprinkler for each bar of water pressure. A bar is the standard air pressure at sea level. It is measured with specialized equipment. This is a vital statistic when calculating the capacity of a sprinkler system. The K-factor is often stated in a manufacturer’s information furnished with sprinkler heads. In fire protection engineering, the K-factor formula is used to calculate the discharge rate from a nozzle. Nozzles can be fire sprinklers or water mist nozzles, hose reel nozzles, water monitors and deluge fire system nozzles. The flow rate of a nozzle is given by q k*sqrt(p) as u had written , where q is the flow rate in litres per minute (LPM), p is the pressure at the nozzle in Bar and K is the K-factor is given in units of LPM/SQRT(Bar).
L Discharge0.7853.14 D dia of the outlet Ppressure L2/3 x D xD x root p DDroot PLPMper pont mmmmkg/cmLPM Hydrant point0.66720202.366431913631.364034 k factor266.8266.8
