NEA-0554 INSUL.

INSUL, Calculation of Thermal Insulation of Various Materials Immersed in He

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, NATURE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVED, METHOD OF SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS, CPU, FEATURES, AUXILIARIES, STATUS, REFERENCES, REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM OR MONITOR UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED, OTHER RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: INSUL.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
INSUL	NEA-0554/02	Tested	01-AUG-1977

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NEA-0554/02	IBM 370 series	IBM 370 series

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3. NATURE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVED: Performance of thermal insulation immersed in helium.

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

Mineral fibre, metal fibre and metallic multi-layer foils are studied. An approximate analysis for performance evaluation of multi-layer insulation in vertical gas spaces including the regime between fully suppressed natural convection and that for which an accepted power relationship applies is included.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES: UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

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8. RELATED OR AUXILIARY PROGRAMS: RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NEA-0554/02	01-AUG-1977	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES

- A.N. Kinkead, B.E. Pitchford:
'Performance of Thermal Insulation Immersed in Helium'
Dragon Project Report 666. (October 1969).

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11. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS: MACHINE REQUIREMENTS

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
NEA-0554/02	FORTRAN-IV

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13. OPERATING SYSTEM OR MONITOR UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED: IBM 370 OS.

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

ANY OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR

      A.N. Kinkead and B.E. Pitchford
      AEE Winfrith Dragon Project
      Dorchester, Dorset, U. K.

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

NEA-0554/02

File name	File description	Records
NEA0554_02.001	INSUL SOURCE - F4 EBCDIC	248
NEA0554_02.002	INSUL SAMPLE PROBLEM INPUT	19
NEA0554_02.003	INSUL SAMPLE PROBLEM OUTPUT	203
NEA0554_02.004	JOB CONTROL AND INFORMATION	13

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17. CATEGORIES

H. Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow

Keywords: helium, insulation.