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Author
Spinn, J. P.
Title
Semi-Empirical Heat Transfer Design Technique for Fibrous Insulation.
Coporate
Worcester Polytechnic Inst., MA
Report
Thesis, May 1996, 290 p.
Keywords
heat transfer | insulation | bulkheads | thermal properties
Identifiers
TASEF-2 (finite element heat transfer models)
Abstract
Historically, the application of insulation to protect Class A bulkheads has been to insulate bulkheads on the exposed side as described in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Resolution A.517(13), "Recommendation on Fire Procedures for A, B, and F Class Divisions". Since the United States is a member state of the IMO the intent of IMO Resulution A.517(13) was adopted by the U.S. Coast Guard and written into the Code of Federal Regulation as 46 CFR 164.007, "Structural Insulation". In November of 1994, the International Maritime Organization recalled IMO Resulution A.517(13) and adopted IMO Resulution A.754(18), "Recommendation on Fire Resistance Tests for A, B, and F Class Divisions" which changed insulation testing procedures such that Class A bulkheads be insulated on the unexposed side. By adopting the above resolution, the change in test procedure has caused concern about vessel safety under the jurisdiction of the U.S. CoastGuard. Due to this concern, the U.S. Coast Guard conducted a series of class A steel bulkhead tests at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). The tests were performed in accordance with IMO Resolution A.517(13) and shall be used in this study too respond to the U.S Coast Guard's Request for Proposal objectives which fall into two areas. First, "to determine whether the physical and thermal properties can be used to identify the most severe exposure for insulation." Second, to "develop guidelines for the specification of the exposure under" the newly adopted IMO resolution A.754 (18) "for the certification of structural insulation". disk enclosed