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In a nuclear reactor, criticality is achieved when the rate of neutron production is equal to the rate of neutron losses, including both neutron absorption and neutron leakage. Geometric buckling is a measure of neutron leakage, while material buckling is a measure of neutron production minus absorption. Thus, in the simplest case of a bare, homogeneous, steady state reactor, the geometric and material buckling must be equal. ==Derivation== Both buckling terms are derived from the diffusion equation: . where k is the criticality eigenvalue, is the neutrons per fission, is the macroscopic cross section for fission, and from diffusion theory, the diffusion coefficient is defined as: . In addition, the diffusion length is defined as: . Rearranging the terms, the diffusion equation becomes: . The left side is the material buckling and the right side of the equation is the geometric buckling. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geometric and material buckling」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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