Browsing by Author "Gilbert, CP"

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    Analogue and hybrid computers
    (Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1972-01) Gilbert, CP
    The use of analogue methods of addition and integration in the solution of differential equations is introduced. A circuit for the solution of a reactor problem is then developed and the way in which an operator would use it is described. The essential features of a hybrid computer are briefly reviewed.
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    Analogue and hybrid computers
    (Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1972-12) Gilbert, CP
    The use of analogue methods of addition and integration in the solution of differential equations is introduced. A circuit for the solution of a reactor problem is then developed and the way in which an operator would use it is described. The essential features of a hybrid computer are briefly reviewed.
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    Feasibility study of the automatic controls for a pebble bed reactor power station.
    (Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1970-11) Gilbert, CP; Ackland, LB
    A conceptual automatic control system proposed for a Pebble Bed Reactor power station is examined to establish its feasibility over a wide range of operating conditions. Frequency response methods, making use of a digital computer, are used to design the various control loops, and the resulting system is examined on an analogue computer. It is shown that the system could be made to work under all conditions, but that much improved operation would result if certain modifications were introduced.
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    LINCAN - a program for use in linear dynamic analysis.
    (Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1971-05) Gilbert, CP
    The facilities provided by LINCAN, a program for use in linear dynamic analysis, are described. These include the calculation of transfer functions from differential equations, the combination and scaling of transfer functions, the use of the Routh Criterion, polynomial factorisation, and the plotting of frequency and time responses. The program is simple to use, and has been tested on systems whose orders exceed 40.
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    A mathematician's computer study of the reactor MOATA
    (Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1974-01) Barry, JM; Clancy, BE; Gilbert, CP; McCulloch, DB; Pollard, JP; Sanger, PL
    These notes collect together lectures on analysis of time dependent (kinetics) experiments on the reactor MOATA. The student will be introduced to scientific problem solving through the kinetics study and he will use mathematics and computers in his analysis in much the same way as a research scientist (although on a somewhat reduced scale).
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    Nuclear reactor safety - a review of the Rasmussen Report (WASH-1400).
    (Australian Atomic Energy Commission, 1979-03) Gilbert, CP
    The US reactor safety study (WASH-1400), often referred to as RSS or the Rasmussen Report, sets out to estimate the risk to which the public is exposed by the possibility of an accident in one of the first 100 nuclear power stations situated in the USA. This review briefly describes the methods used in RSS, and indicates how the results, and the comparisons which RSS makes between them and other accident statistics. Finally, the criticisms which have been levelled at RSS are assessed, and the conclusions of a very recent US Nuclear Regulatory Commission review are included in an appendix. RSS concludes that the risk due to reactor accidents is smaller than that associated with many other aspects of everyday life. While there are shortcomings in RSS, the author has little doubt that the above conclusion is valid.
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    Reactors, mathematics and computers summer school
    (Australian Atomic Energy Commision, 1975-01) Backstrom, RP; Barry, JM; Clancy, BE; Gilbert, CP; McCulloch, DB
    Chapter 1 - Physics of reactor kinetics, Chapter 2 - Mathematics of reactors, Chapter 3 - ACL - programming, Chapter 4 - Loading and saving ACL programs on IBM360 disk storage, Chapter 5 - Analogue and hybrid computers.