A simple and efficient control rod cusping model for three-dimensional pin-by-pin core calculations

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-17

  Yamamoto, Akio ^a,b  

^a Nuclear Fuel Industries Ltd   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Control rod cusping problem; Inverse spectral index weighting; Pin by pin core calculation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

CONTROL ROD CUSPING PROBLEMS; INVERSE SPECTRAL INDEX WEIGHTING; PIN-BY-PIN CORE CALCULATION;

CONTROL RODS;

EID: 0742290090     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT145-11     Document Type: Article

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