Overview
- Covers a new technology of nuclear reactors and the related materials aspects
- Integrates physics, materials science and engineering
- Serves as a basic book for nuclear engineers and nuclear physicists
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Series in Materials Science (SSMATERIALS, volume 170)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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About this book
This monograph recounts and details the development of a nuclear rocket engine reactor (NRER). In particular, it explains the working capacity of an active zone NRER under mechanical and thermal load, intensive neutron fluxes, and high-energy generation (up to 30 MBT/l) in a working medium (hydrogen) at temperatures up to 3100 K. The design principles and bearing capacity of reactors area discussed on the basis of simulation experiments and test data of a prototype reactor. Property data of dense constructional, porous thermal insulating and fuel materials such as carbide and uranium carbide compounds in the temperatures interval 300 - 3000 K are presented.; technological aspects of strength and thermal strength resistance of materials are also considered. As well, a procedure to design possible emergency processes in the NRER is developed and risks for their origination are evaluated. Finally, prospects for use in pilotless space devices and piloted interplanetary ships are reviewed.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nuclear Rocket Engine Reactor
Authors: Anatoly Lanin
Series Title: Springer Series in Materials Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32430-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-32429-1Published: 17 October 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44263-6Published: 09 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-32430-7Published: 17 October 2012
Series ISSN: 0933-033X
Series E-ISSN: 2196-2812
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 110
Topics: Nuclear Fusion, Structural Materials, Nuclear Energy