Thermal Hydraulics

• Vector Operators
  • Gradient (\(\nabla\))
  • Divergence (\(\nabla \cdot\))
  • Laplacian (\(\nabla^{2}\))
• General Balance Equations and Continuity Equation
  • General Balance Equation
  • Continuity Equation
• Momentum Equation and Boussinesq Assumption
  • Momentum Equation
  • Boussinesq Assumption
• Energy Equations
  • Energy equation
• Non-Dimensional Parameters
• Prandtl’s Mixing Length
  • Eddy Viscosity
  • Prandtl’s Mixing Length Model

Materials

• Recoil Kinematics
  • Energy Conservation
  • Momentum Conservation
  • Solve
• Range Integration
• Maximum Energy Transfer and the Weighted Average Recoil Spectrum
• Forms of the potential function
  • Hard Sphere
  • Square Well Potential
  • Inverse Power Potential
  • Lennard-Jones Potential
• DPA Calculations
• Macroscopic Parameters in relation to Potential Well Shapes
  • Binding Energy
  • Elastic Modulus
  • Melting Temperature
  • Coefficient of Thermal Expansion

Interactions

• Radioactive Decay
• Binding Energy and Mass Defect
  • Binding energy
• Internal Conversion versus Electron Capture
  • Electron Capture
  • Internal Conversion
• Particle Wavelengths
  • Mass Bearing
  • Non Mass Bearing
• Bethe-Block stopping power
• Energy and momenta balances
• Energy and momenta balances
• Binding Energy for Atoms and Nucleii
• Binding Energy Calculation
• Nuclear Structure
  • Constant Density Nucleus
  • Nuclear Models

Neutronics

• Flux, Current, and Directional Current
• Flux and current in a spherical fusion chamber
• Differential Scattering Cross Section
• Neutron Decay before Absorption
• Lab Frame versus COM
• Reflector Savings
• Compton Scattering
• Optimization of Reactor Design
• Xenon Concentration