MAE 118C Spring 2008

Professor G.R. Tynan

Schedule of Lectures

Week	Text*	Topic	Notes & Assignments
1	L&B Chapter 2	Elementary nuclear particles Nuclear composition Radioactive decay Nuclear reactions Nuclear Binding Energy	Homework 1 assigned 2 April 2008 NOTES
2	L&B Chapter 2(CONT’D) L&B Chapter 3	Maxwellian Distribution Beam-target interactions Nuclear Cross Sections Neutron-nuclei interactions	Homework 1 Due 9 April Homework 2 Assigned 10 April 2008 NOTES
3	L&B Chapter 3	Neutron flux Cross section data Nuclear fission	NOTES
4	L&B Chapter 5	Fick’s Law of Diffusion Neutron continuity equation The Diffusion Equation for Mono-energetic Neutrons Boundary Conditions	Homework 2 DUE 21 April 2008 NOTES Homework 3
5	L&B Chapter 6	Solutions to the Diffusion Equation Thermal Neutron Diffusion Equation Multi-group diffusion theory Two group neutron moderation One-group reactor equation (6.1) Analysis of Simple Reactor Configurations	NOTES
6	L&B	MIDTERM Review of Chapter 6 Reactor Kinetics-Prompt and Delayed Neutron Effects	NOTES
7	L&B HSMK	Reactor Kinetics-Resonance Escape Probability and Thermal Stability Types of Fission Reactor Designs Waste Disposal, Safety Fusion Reactions of Interest Conditions for Fusion	Homework 4 DUE 21 May NOTES HSMK 1.4 HSMK 2.1
8	HSMK	Fusion Reaction Rates Differential Cross Section, Debye Lengths Radiation Losses from Collisions	HSMK 2.3-2.6 HSMK 3.1-3.3 HSMK 3.4-3.5
9	HSMK	Holiday Fusion Concepts Reactor Energy Balance	HSMK Ch 4 HSMK Ch 8
10	HSMK	Magnetic Confinement Physics Inertial Confinement Physics Status of Fusion	HSMK Ch 9.1-9.2 HSMK Ch. 11.1-11.3 NOTES

Text key: L&B: Denotes the Lamarsh and Baratta text

HSMK: Denotes the A. A. Harms, K. F. Schoepf, G. H. Miley, and D. R. Kingdon text.