Study of the three-dimensional neutron field in the core of the IGR (pulsed graphite reactor)

Atomic Energy ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 82 (6) ◽  
pp. 403-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P. Vasil'ev ◽  
N. V. Gorin ◽  
Ya. Z. Kandiev ◽  
S. I. Samarin ◽  
V. A. Gaidaichuk ◽  
...  
1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 949-953 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOHN P. PRIESTLE ◽  
HANS-PETER SCHÄR ◽  
MARKUS G. GRÜTTER

Summary The three-dimensional structure of human recombinant interleukin-1β has been determined at 0.24 nm resolution by X-ray crystallographic techniques. The partially refined model has a crystallographic R-factor of just under 19%. The structure is composed of 12 β-strands forming a complex network of hydrogen bonds. The core of the structure can best be described as a tetrahedron whose edges are each formed by two antiparallel β-strands. The interior of this structure is filled with hydrophobic side-chains. There is a 3-fold repeat in the folding of the polypeptide chain. Although this folding pattern suggests gene triplication, no significant internal sequence homology between topologically corresponding residues exists. The folding topology of interleukin-1β is very similar to that described by A. D. McLachlan [(1979) J. Mol. Biol. 133, 557–563] for soybean trypsin inhibitor.


Author(s):  
Mitsuhiro Suzuki ◽  
Takeshi Takeda ◽  
Hideo Nakamura

Presented are experiment results of the Large Scale Test Facility (LSTF) conducted at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) with a focus on core exit thermocouple (CET) performance to detect core overheat during a vessel top break loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) simulation experiment. The CET temperatures are used to start accident management (AM) action to quickly depressurize steam generator (SG) secondary sides in case of core temperature excursion. Test 6-1 is the first test of the OECD/NEA ROSA Project started in 2005, simulating withdraw of a control rod drive mechanism penetration nozzle at the vessel top head. The break size is equivalent to 1.9% cold leg break. The AM action was initiated when CET temperature rose up to 623K. There was no reflux water fallback onto the CETs during the core heat-up period. The core overheat, however, was detected with a time delay of about 230s. In addition, a large temperature discrepancy was observed between the CETs and the hottest core region. This paper clarifies the reasons of time delay and temperature discrepancy between the CETs and heated core during boil-off including three-dimensional steam flows in the core and core exit. The paper discusses applicability of the LSTF CET performance to pressurized water reactor (PWR) conditions and a possibility of alternative indicators for earlier AM action than in Test 6-1 is studied by using symptom-based plant parameters such as a reactor vessel water level detection.


1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. S189-S196 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. O. Thielheim ◽  
E. K. Schlegel ◽  
R. Beiersdorf

Three-dimensional Monte Carlo calculations have been performed on the trajectories of high-energy hadrons in extensive air showers. The central electron density and gradient of distribution are obtained for individual electromagnetic cascades together with coordinates at the level of observation. Various assumptions concerning primary mass number and energy, distributions of strong interaction parameters, and fragmentation mechanisms are discussed with respect to the production of steep maxima of electron density by single electromagnetic cascades in the core region of extensive air showers.


Author(s):  
Jing Chen ◽  
Dalin Zhang ◽  
Suizheng Qiu ◽  
Kui Zhang ◽  
Mingjun Wang ◽  
...  

As the first developmental step of the sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR) in China, the pool-type China Experimental Fast Reactor (CEFR) is equipped with the openings and inter-wrapper space in the core, which act as an important part of the decay heat removal system. The accurate prediction of coolant flow in the reactor core calls for complete three-dimensional calculations. In the present study, an investigation of thermal-hydraulic behaviors in a 180° full core model similar to that of CEFR was carried out using commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software. The actual geometries of the peripheral core baffle, fluid channels and narrow inter-wrapper gap were built up, and numerous subassemblies (SAs) were modeled as the porous medium with appropriate resistance and radial power distribution. First, the three-dimensional flow and temperature distributions in the full core under normal operating condition are obtained and quantitatively analyzed. And then the effect of inter-wrapper flow (IWF) on heat transfer performance is evaluated. In addition, the detailed flow path and direction in local inter-wrapper space including the internal and outlet regions are captured. This work can provide some valuable understanding of the core thermal-hydraulic phenomena for the research and design of SFRs.


Author(s):  
Rayya A. Al Balushi ◽  
Muhammad S. Khan ◽  
Md. Serajul Haque Faizi ◽  
Ashanul Haque ◽  
Kieran Molloy ◽  
...  

In the crystal structure of the title compound, [Cu4Cl6O(C13H9N)4]·CH2Cl2, the core molecular structure consists of a Cu4 tetrahedron with a central interstitial O atom. Each edge of the Cu4 tetrahedron is bridged by a chlorido ligand. Each copper(II) cation is coordinated to the central O atom, two chlorido ligands and one N atom of the 4-phenylethynylpyridine ligand. In the crystal, the molecules are linked by intermolecular C—H...Cl interactions. Furthermore, C—H...π and π–π interactions also connect the molecules, forming a three-dimensional network. Hirshfeld surface analysis indicates that the most important contributions for the packing arrangement are from H...H and C...H/H...C interactions.


Author(s):  
Paul Walker ◽  
Ulrich Krohn ◽  
Carty David

ARBTools is a Python library containing a Lekien-Marsden type tricubic spline method for interpolating three-dimensional scalar or vector fields presented as a set of discrete data points on a regular cuboid grid. ARBTools was developed for simulations of magnetic molecular traps, in which the magnitude, gradient and vector components of a magnetic field are required. Numerical integrators for solving particle trajectories are included, but the core interpolator can be used for any scalar or vector field. The only additional system requirements are NumPy.


2021 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Daniel Pedro-Hernández ◽  
Marcos Martínez-García

: Dendrimers are highly branched three-dimensional macromolecules with a highly controlled structure, a single molecular weight, numerous controllable dendritic branches and peripheral functionalities, as well as the tendency to adopt an ellipsoid or spheroid shape once a certain size is reached. These features have made them attractive for application in pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry in gene transfection, as medical imaging agents, and as drug carriers in potential drug delivery agents. The incorporation of metallic species into dendritic molecules has also been reported; the focus has been on organometallic dendrimers with metallic species only at specific positions of the molecules, such as the core, dendritic branches and the periphery, studied for their magnetic, electronic, and photo-optical or catalytic properties. Dendrimers have been investigated for optoelectronic applications (adsorption, emission, laser emission, nonlinear optics) through the encapsulation of active units by dendritic branches, core and peripheral. This review briefly discusses their use in nanomedicine, cancer treatment, treatment of other diseases, tissue repair, catalysis and applications in OLEDs and solar cells.


2019 ◽  
Vol 488 (2) ◽  
pp. 2365-2379 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Béthune ◽  
Roman R Rafikov

ABSTRACT Massive planetary cores embedded in protoplanetary discs are believed to accrete extended atmospheres, providing a pathway to forming gas giants and gas-rich super-Earths. The properties of these atmospheres strongly depend on the nature of the coupling between the atmosphere and the surrounding disc. We examine the formation of gaseous envelopes around massive planetary cores via three-dimensional inviscid and isothermal hydrodynamic simulations. We focus the changes in the envelope properties as the core mass varies from low (subthermal) to high (superthermal) values, a regime relevant to close-in super-Earths. We show that global envelope properties such as the amount of rotational support or turbulent mixing are mostly sensitive to the ratio of the Bondi radius of the core to its physical size. High-mass cores are fed by supersonic inflows arriving along the polar axis and shocking on the densest parts of the envelope, driving turbulence, and mass accretion. Gas flows out of the core’s Hill sphere in the equatorial plane, describing a global mass circulation through the envelope. The shell of shocked gas atop the core surface delimits regions of slow (inside) and fast (outside) material recycling by gas from the surrounding disc. While recycling hinders the runaway growth towards gas giants, the inner regions of protoplanetary atmospheres, more immune to mixing, may remain bound to the planet.


2004 ◽  
Vol 215 ◽  
pp. 376-377
Author(s):  
Matthew Browning ◽  
Allan Sacha Brun ◽  
Juri Toomre

We have conducted preliminary numerical simulations of a core convection dynamo operating within an A-type star of two solar masses. Convection within the core clearly can admit magnetic dynamo action. Magnetic field strengths in our three-dimensional simulations grow by many orders of magnitude, from an initial seed field to kilo-Gauss levels. We discuss the differential rotation and magnetic field sustained in our simulations.


Author(s):  
Douglas G. Hoecker ◽  
Timothy M. Lloyd ◽  
Harry Plantinga

Visualizing three-dimensional distributions of radiation intensity, summed from multiple sources at a given work location inside a nuclear power plant, is a topic of interest to several prospective classes of worker in these plants. RadView is a concept for visualizing radiation that can be adapted to different users' applications once the core problem has been solved: how to effectively display this normally invisible phenomenon, while superposing the displayed data on the visually-cluttered environment that is typical of many work scenes. This demonstration presents the results of a preliminary feasibility study. At this stage, die results help more to clarify the problem than to propose a technical solution.


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