EP4D03 Schedule for 2005/6 Term 1 (subject to change) as of 2005-11-22

Week Date # Lecture Assignments Tests
1 2005.09.08 1 Admin and course overview
Basic definitions and perspectives
   
2 2005.09.12 2 Basic definitions and perspectives (cont'd)    
  2005.09.13 3 Basic definitions and perspectives (cont'd)
ASSIGNMENT #1: nuclear definitions and fundamentals
#1 set  
  2005.09.15 4 One Group Diffusion - Fixed Sources    
3 2005.09.19 5 One Group Diffusion - Fixed Sources (cont'd)    
  2005.09.20 6 One Group Diffusion - Fixed Sources (cont'd)
ASSIGNMENT #2: planar source in an infinite media - SS numerical (2 weeks)
#1 due
#2 set
 
  2005.09.22 7 One Group Diffusion - Fixed Sources (cont'd)    
4 2005.09.26 8 Quiz and discussion of quiz   Quiz #1
  2005.09.27 9 Process Modelling - general modelling issues    
  2005.09.29 10 Numerical Methods - Spatial difference approximations    
5 2005.10.03 11 Numerical Methods - Steady State 1 and 2 D solutions    
  2005.10.04 12 Chain Reaction
ASSIGNMENT #3: neutron spatial distributions - analytical solutions
#2 due
#3 set
 
  2005.10.06 13 One Group Diffusion - Reactors    
6 2005.10.10 14 14.Thanksgiving - no classes    
  2005.10.11 15 One Group Diffusion - Reactors
ASSIGNMENT #4: Bare critical reactor - SS numerics (2 weeks)
#3 due
#4 set
 
  2005.10.13 16 One Group Diffusion - Reactors    
7 2005.10.17 17 Tutorial / MNR description    
  2005.10.18 18 Midterm   Midterm
  2005.10.20 19 Midterm discussion    
8 2005.10.24 20 Core Composition Changes    
  2005.10.25 21 Core Composition Changes (cont'd)
ASSIGNMENT #5: Criticality - analytical
#4 due
#5 set
 
  2005.10.27 22 Multigroup - basic equations    
9 2005.10.31 23 Multigroup - simplifications and numerics    
  2005.11.01 24 Multigroup - group collapsing, F-method
ASSIGNMENT #6: 1D 2G reactor -2 wks
#5 due
#6 set
 
  2005.11.03 25 Tutorial or Quiz (to be decided)    
10 2005.11.07 26 Health Physics - Dave Tucker, Senior Health Physicist, McMaster (to be confirmed)    
  2005.11.08 27 Point Kinetics    
  2005.11.10 28 Point Kinetics (cont'd)    
11 2005.11.14 29 Feedback and Reactor Selection    
  2005.11.15 30

Heat Transfer and Thermalhydraulics - conduction in the fuel
ASSIGNMENT #7: poison and depletion

   
  2005.11.17 31 Heat Transfer and Thermalhydraulics - transient + axial temperature profile #6 due
#7 set
 
12 2005.11.21 32 Heat Transfer and Thermalhydraulics - misc    
  2005.11.22 33 General Dissusion Equations revisited /
ASSIGNMENT #8: inhour
   
  2005.11.24 34 CANDU description / Reactor Design Discussion #7 due
#8 set
 
13 2005.11.28 35 CANDU reactor physics - Guest Speaker Dr. Ben Rouben, AECL (to be confirmed)    
  2005.11.29 36 Review & worked problems
ASSIGNMENT #9: heat conduction
   
  2005.12.01 37 Review & worked problems #8 due
#9 set
 
14 2005.12.05 38 Review & worked problems