Nodal neutron kinetics model based on nonlinear iteration procedure for LWR analysis

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 507-528

  Zimin, Vyacheslav G ^a,b   Ninokata, Hisashi ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FUNCTIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRANSIENTS;

DELAYED NEUTRON PRECURSOR EQUATIONS; NODAL NEURON KINETICS MODEL; SOFTWARE PACKAGE SKETCH N;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 0032072545     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(97)00078-9     Document Type: Article

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