Advances in Nuclear Science and Technology

Jeffery Lewins, Martin Becker (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

194 Seiten

2013 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4757-8527-2 (ISBN)

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The editors have pleasure in presenting this volume of our review series. We have specialised in three areas: perturbation Monte Carlo, non-linear kinetics and the transfer of radioactive fluids in rocks. These contributions are linked, however, in the demands for optimising complex systems that are a feature of the scale of nuclear power production. Kuniharu Kishida’s account of Japanese thinking in the application of modern non-linear theory to reactor kinetics and control comes at a time when the community of control scholars is seeking how to apply the new ideas that have led to the prominence of chaos theory to our field. Pr- lems of maintenance in power reactors are as severe as ever and must be solved for credibility to characterise any new program. As much as 30% of unanticipated down-time, for example, is due to the failure of motor op- ated valves. We need a theory to provide for preventive maintenance. This in turn depends heavily on on-line monitoring to anticipate failure as well as expert systems to schedule preventive treatment. Noise theory with its promise of on-line interpretation of information from inchoate breakdown is the key. It is all too likely that the need to deal with major departures makes a non-linear theory of noise essential. We can be grateful that P- fessor Kishida has provided us with such a consistent account.

Contraction of Information and Its Inverse Problem in Reactor System Identification and Stochastic Diagnosis.- Stochastic Perturbation Analysis Applied to Neutral Particle Transport.- Radionuclide Transport in Fractured Rock: an Analogy with Neutron Transport.

Reihe/Serie	Advances in Nuclear Science & Technology ; 23
Zusatzinfo	4 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 194 p. 4 illus.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
	Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
ISBN-10	1-4757-8527-5 / 1475785275
ISBN-13	978-1-4757-8527-2 / 9781475785272
Zustand	Neuware