Fractional-order modeling of neutron transport in a nuclear reactor

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 9747-9767

  Vyawahare, Vishwesh A ^a   Nataraj, P S V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Anomalous diffusion; Fractional order modeling; Neutron telegraph equation model; Neutron transport; Nuclear reactor

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS DIFFUSION; CONTINUOUS-TIME RANDOM WALK; FRACTIONAL-ORDER MODELS; MAXWELLIAN DISTRIBUTION; MONO-ENERGETIC NEUTRONS; NEUTRON TRANSPORT; NEUTRON TRANSPORT PROCESS; TELEGRAPH EQUATION;

DIFFUSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TELEGRAPH; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

NEUTRON FLUX;

EID: 84885954007     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2013.05.023     Document Type: Article

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