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SEISMIC SEPARATION ASSEMBLY

Muhammad Mosad November 06, 2018 firefighting, NFPA 13

SEISMIC SEPARATION ASSEMBLY ACCORDING TO NFPA

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SE I SM I C S E PA R AT I ON A S SEM B LY A C C OR D IN G TO N F PA 1 3

WHAT IS SEISMIC SEPARATION ASSEMBLY?

An assembly of fittings, pipe, flexible pipe, and/ or couplings that permits movement in all
directions to accommodate seismic differential movement across building seismic
separation joints, The extent of permitted movement can be made at least twice the actual
separations, at right angles to the separation as well as parallel to it.

WHEN SHALL WE INSTALL SEISMIC SEPARATION ASSEMBLY?

An approved seismic separation assembly shall be installed where sprinkler piping,

regardless of size, crosses building seismic separation joints at ground level and above.

WHAT ARE THE REQUIRED MOVEMENTS OF SEISMIC SEPARATION

ASSEMBLY?

Seismic separation assemblies shall allow movement sufficient to accommodate closing of

the separation, opening of the separation to twice its normal size, and movement relative
to the separation in the other two dimensions in an amount equal to the separation
distance.

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WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF SEISMIC SEPARATION ASSEMBLY? SEISMIC

SEPARATION ASSEMBLIES ARE AVAILABLE IN TRADITIONAL ASSEMBLIES OR
SEISMIC LOOPS AS SHOWN IN FOLLOWING FIGURES:

Seismic separation assembly

Seismic separation assembly

WHAT ARE THE INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SEISMIC SEPARATION

ASSEMBLY?

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The seismic separation assembly shall include a fourway brace upstream and
downstream within 1.8 m of the seismic separation assembly, each four-way
brace should be attached to the building structure on opposite sides of the
seismic separation joint.
Bracing shall not be attached to the seismic separation assembly.

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