Quantitative indicators of detector string impacting

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-79

  Thomson, Ola ^a,b   Garis, Ninos S ^a,c   Pázsit, Imre ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Ericsson Microwave Systems AB   (Sweden)

^c LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decay ratio; Detector string vibrations; Impacting

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; NEUTRON DETECTORS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

DETECTOR STRINGS;

BOILING WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0031251326     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/nt97-a35432     Document Type: Article

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