Application of linear superposition to estimating lattice-physics parameters

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 156-172

  Zheng, Jie ^a   Guo, Tong ^a   Maldonado, G Ivan ^a,b  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b Global Nuclear Fuel American   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; INTERPOLATION; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

LINEAR SUPERPOSITION MODEL (LSM); QUADRATIC INTERPOLATION;

LATTICE CONSTANTS;

EID: 0035251499     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE01-A2182     Document Type: Article

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