Pressurized water reactor core maneuvering utilizing optimal control theory

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 97-123

  Ye, Jianqing ^a   Turinsky, Paul J ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

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EID: 0003011907     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE98-A1967     Document Type: Article

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