Mechanical Analogy for the Wave of Nuclear Burning
Nuclear Theory
2020-12-23 v1
Abstract
We consider a model of neutron-nuclear wave burning. The wave of nuclear burning of the medium is initiated by an external neutron source and is the basis for the new generation reactors -- the so-called "traveling-wave reactors". We develop a model of nuclear wave burning, for which it is possible to draw an analogy with a mechanical dissipative system. Within the framework of the new model, we show that two burning modes are possible depending on the control parameters: a traveling autowave and a wave driven by an external neutron source. We find the autowave to be possible for certain neutron energies only, and the wave velocity has a continuous spectrum bounded below.
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@article{arxiv.1708.01322,
title = {Mechanical Analogy for the Wave of Nuclear Burning},
author = {V. V. Urbanevich and I. V. Sharph and V. A. Tarasov and V. D. Rusov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.01322},
year = {2020}
}
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23 pages, 8 figures