Simulating control rod and fuel assembly motion using moving meshes

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 291-303

  Gilbert, D ^a   Roman, J E ^b   Garland, Wm J ^a   Poehlman, W F S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FUEL ASSEMBLIES; NEUTRON CURRENT; PARALLEL EIGENVALUE; STEADY STATE MODEL;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 37849033497     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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