Investigation of the validity of the point-kinetic approximation and of the break-frequency method in 2-D subcritical systems

Joint International Topical Meeting on Mathematics and Computations and Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications, M and C + SNA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Sunde, C ^a   Demaziere C ^a   Pazsit I ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Break frequency; Point kinetic; Reactivity; Reflected system; Subcritical system

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; HEAT FLUX; KINETICS; NUCLEAR REACTOR SIMULATORS; PHASE NOISE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BREAK-FREQUENCY; REFLECTED SYSTEM; SUBCRITICAL SYSTEMS;

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS;

EID: 36448936450     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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