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RSIC COMPUTER CODE PSR-055

1. NAME AND TITLE

SIR-3: Sievert's Integral Routine-Computer Evaluation.

2. CONTRIBUTORS

The University of Adelaide Anti-Cancer Foundation, Adelaide, South Australia.

Dallas Baptist College, Dallas, Texas.

3. CODING LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER

Fortran IV; CDC 6400 (A), IBM 360/75/91 (B).

4. NATURE OF PROBLEM SOLVED

SIR-3 performs a computer evaluation of Sievert's integral routine.

5. METHOD OF SOLUTION

Sievert's integral arises from the calculation of dosage in the vicinity of linear sources of gamma radiation.

6. RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS

None noted.

7. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

No study has been made by RSIC of typical running times for SIR-3.

8. COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

SIR-3 is operable on the CDC 6400 or the IBM 360/75/91 computers.

9. COMPUTER SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

A Fortran IV compiler is required.

10. REFERENCE

Boyce W. Worthley and R. L. Nicholls, "Evaluation of Sievert's Integral by Computer."

11. CONTENTS OF CODE PACKAGE

Included are the referenced document and a reel of magnetic tape which contains the source code and sample problem input written in BCD/EBCDIC card images, plus output from the sample problem written in list format; total records 185 (A) and 384 (B).

12. DATE OF ABSTRACT

January 1984.

KEYWORD: SIEVERTS INTEGRAL