Special software is required to use some of the files in this section: .m.
This page contains a calendar of assignments as well as some helpful MATLAB® code.
Assignment files.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
PROBLEMS |
| 1 |
Course introduction and reactor types |
|
| 2 |
Reactor heat generation |
2-1
2-7N (PDF)
3-5
3-7N (PDF)
|
| 3 |
Thermal design principles
Conservation equations
|
2-4
2-5
4-7
|
| 4 |
Rankine power cycles |
6-2
6-3 (1, 2)
6-5
|
| 5 |
Brayton power cycles |
6-12N (PDF)
6-15N (PDF)
|
| 6 |
Containment analysis |
3-6N (PDF)
7-1
|
| 7 |
Containment analysis (cont.) |
7-2
7-17N (PDF)
|
| 8 |
Thermal analysis of fuel elements (introduction) |
8-1 |
| 9 |
Thermal analysis of fuel elements (temperature distributions) |
8-4
8-11N (PDF)
8-13N (PDF)
|
| 10 |
Thermal analysis of fuel elements (maximum temperature in the core) |
8-5
13-1
13-2
|
| 11 |
Single phase thermal-hydraulics (introduction) |
9-1
9-2
|
| 12 |
Single phase thermal-hydraulics (fluid dynamics) |
9-4
9-5
|
| 13 |
Single phase thermal-hydraulics (heat transfer) |
10-4
10-5
10-11N (PDF)
|
| 14 |
Single phase thermal-hydraulics (turbulence and loop analysis) |
|
| 15 |
Two phase flow (basic parameters and models) |
5-1
5-3
11-5
|
| 16 |
Two phase flow (pressure drop and instabilities) |
11-6
11-8N (PDF)
|
| 17 |
Two phase flow (critical flow) |
11-12N (PDF) |
| 18 |
Two phase heat transfer (pool boiling) |
12-1
12-2
|
| 19 |
Two phase heat transfer (flow boiling) |
12-6N (PDF) |
| 20 |
Two phase heat transfer (boiling crises and post-boiling-crisis heat transfer) |
12-11N (PDF)
12-15N (PDF)
|
| 21 |
Two phase heat transfer (condensation) |
10-44 (I&D) |
| 22 |
Two phase flow and heat transfer (demonstrations) |
|
| 23 |
Structural mechanics (elasticity fundamentals and thin-shell theory) |
S1-1 (PDF)
S2-1 (PDF)
|
| 24 |
Structural mechanics (stress categorization and ASME code) |
S4-1 (PDF)
S6-1 (PDF)
|
| 25 |
Structural mechanics (creep, fatigue)
Course evaluation
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MATLAB® Code: Properties of Water
Saturation pressure at a given temperature T (M)
Saturation temperature at a given pressure (M)
Liquid enthalphy at T (M)
Vapor saturation enthalpy at T (M)
Evaporation enthalpy at T (M)
Liquid specific internal energy at T (M)
Vapor specific internal energy at T (M)
Liquid specific entropy at T (M)
Vapor specific entropy at T (M)
Liquid specific volume at T (M)
Vapor specific volume at T (M)
Liquid specific heat at T (M)
Vapor specific heat at T (M)
Liquid thermal conductivity at T (M)
Vapor thermal conductivity at T (M)
Liquid dynamic viscosity at T (M)
Vapor dynamic viscosity at T (M)
Surface tension at T (M)