CORE: A numerical algorithm to solve the point kinetics equations

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2136-2138

  Quintero Leyva, Barbaro ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINETIC THEORY; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; REACTIVITY (NUCLEAR); RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; STANDARDS;

INTEGRATION TIME; NEUTRON DENSITY; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; POINT-KINETICS EQUATIONS; RUNGE-KUTTA;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 51849118673     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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