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dc.creatorRashid, Muhammaden
dc.creatorDhakal, Rajesh P.en
dc.creatorSullivan, Timothyen
dc.creatorYeow, Trevoren
dc.date2022-09-01
dc.identifierhttps://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/article/view/1561
dc.identifier10.5459/bnzsee.55.3.167-182
dc.descriptionFire sprinkler systems damaged during earthquakes can compromise building functionality either by loss of fire protection and/or flooding damage. To characterize the seismic behavior of fire sprinkler piping systems, shake table tests were conducted on a piping specimen with features representative of actual practices in New Zealand. The specimen was subjected to a set of motions including recorded floor acceleration response histories of an instrumented building in New Zealand. This paper describes the test setup and the piping specimen, and discusses the seismic response of the specimen to multiple floor motions for different bracing variations. Based on the test results reported in this paper, it can be concluded that bracing segments of piping other than the distribution pipe, such as the branch and arm-over pipes, can considerably affect the seismic demand on the system. Further, the test results confirm that the seismic demands on pipes can be considerably greater if the piping system is in resonance with the input excitation motion.en
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherNew Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineeringen
dc.relationhttps://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/article/view/1561/1452
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2022 Muhammad Rashid, Rajesh Dhakal, Timothy Sullivan, Trevor Yeowen
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0en
dc.sourceBulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering; Vol. 55 No. 3 (2022); 167-182en
dc.source2324-1543
dc.source1174-9857
dc.titleSeismic performance characterization of fire sprinkler piping systems through shake table testingen
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typeArticleen


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