Review the weight of the insulation in a spacecraft


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Q: The weight of the insulation in a spacecraft may be more important than the space required. Show analytically that the lightest insulation for a plane wall with a specified thermal resistance is that insulation which has the smallest product of density times thermal conductivity.

GIVEN

Insulating a plane wall, the weight of insulation is most significant

ASSUMPTIONS

One dimensional heat transfer through the wall

Steady state conditions

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