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Synthesis of calculational methods for the design and analysis of radiation shields for nuclear rocket systems. Volume 2 - Analysis of radiation measurements in a nuclear rocket propellant tank mockup using simulated liquid hydrogen
Calculational methods for nuclear rocket radiation shield design - analysis of radiation measurements in nuclear rocket propellant tank mockup using simulated liquid hydroge
Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics and Magnetohydrodynamics
This paper presents an overview and introduction to Smoothed Particle
Hydrodynamics and Magnetohydrodynamics in theory and in practice. Firstly, we
give a basic grounding in the fundamentals of SPH, showing how the equations of
motion and energy can be self-consistently derived from the density estimate.
We then show how to interpret these equations using the basic SPH interpolation
formulae and highlight the subtle difference in approach between SPH and other
particle methods. In doing so, we also critique several `urban myths' regarding
SPH, in particular the idea that one can simply increase the `neighbour number'
more slowly than the total number of particles in order to obtain convergence.
We also discuss the origin of numerical instabilities such as the pairing and
tensile instabilities. Finally, we give practical advice on how to resolve
three of the main issues with SPMHD: removing the tensile instability,
formulating dissipative terms for MHD shocks and enforcing the divergence
constraint on the particles, and we give the current status of developments in
this area. Accompanying the paper is the first public release of the NDSPMHD
SPH code, a 1, 2 and 3 dimensional code designed as a testbed for SPH/SPMHD
algorithms that can be used to test many of the ideas and used to run all of
the numerical examples contained in the paper.Comment: 44 pages, 14 figures, accepted to special edition of J. Comp. Phys.
on "Computational Plasma Physics". The ndspmhd code is available for download
from http://users.monash.edu.au/~dprice/ndspmhd
Classical transport of charged particles in a magnetic field
We examine the traditional transport equation for classical, charged particles diffusing in a cold, absorbing medium subject to a uniform magnetic field and in which scattering is isotropic. Steady-state solutions in plane geometry are examined in some detail; we make no expansion about an isotropic angular distribution. Restricting the motion to two dimensions captures most of the interesting features; there is some discussion of the three-dimensional case
The Warsaw – Lodz Duopolis in the light of the changes in the urban population density
The article presents the changes in the urban population density in the 20th c., in central Poland, in an area where the two largest Polish cities – Warsaw and Lodz are situated, within a distance of 120 km from each other. The analysis was conducted by means of a statistical method used for estimating discret distributions – the kernel function method. The conclusions served the purpose of presenting the changes which took place around these cities, as well as an academic discussion regarding the condition and the future of the duopolis in the light of the discussed factor
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