Concerning the neutron level and the neutron RMS value in a linear feedback model of point reactor kinetics with one group of delayed neutrons and driven by random reactivity noise: Application of the Runge-Kutta method to solve a system of stochastic ordinary differential equations

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 801-820

  Behringer, K ^a  

^a Bärenweg 13   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; REACTION KINETICS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

FIRST ORDER APPROXIMATION; GAUSSIAN RANDOM REACTIVITY NOISE; LANGEVIN EQUATIONS; RICE FORMULA; ROOT MEAN SQUARE VALUE; RUNGE-KUTTA METHOD; WIENER-HERMITE FUNCTIONAL METHOD;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0032123726     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4549(97)00087-X     Document Type: Article

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