Legacy Course Catalog
NUCL 511 - Reactor Theory And Kinetics
| Effectivity: | 05/19/2003 - Fall 2007 *** @ Purdue West Lafayette Traditional |
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| Credits: | 3 |
| Instructional Types: | Lec |
| Usually Offered: | spr |
| Short Title: | Reactor Thry & Kinetic |
| Description: | Advanced methodologies for neutron flux calculation, nodal methods, introduction to transport theory, transport correction, multigroup theory, and introduction to the generation of group constants. Reactor kinetics, perturbation theory, adjoint fluxes, reactivity calculation from perturbation theory, reactivity coefficients due to Doppler effect, temperature and density changes, void coefficient, and energy and power coefficients. Microkinetics, theory of reactivity measurements, approximate methods: prompt jump approximation, and prompt kinetics. Transients with feedback, safety implications, and spatial kinetics. |
| School: | School Of Nuclear Engineering |
| Department: | Nuclear Engineering |
| Credit By Exam: | NO |
| Repeatable Flag: | NO |
| Temporary Flag: | NO |
| Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
| Honors Flag: | NO |
| Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.
