| Lecture: | Topic: |
| 8/27 | Introduction to the Class |
| 8/27-29 | First Exercise of our Modeling Tools |
| 8/27-29 | More Experience with SNAP |
| 9/5 | The Basics of Two-Phase Flow |
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Acronyms |
| Nomenclature | |
| Void Fraction Estimates | |
| 9/5 | The Basic Model Equations |
| 9/7 | Intro. to Finite Volume and Finite Difference Methods |
| Some Standard Difference Equations | |
| 9/7 | Conservative Finite Volume Equations |
| 9/10-12 | Verification and Validation |
| 9/12-14 |
Work on Richardson Error Analysis |
| 9/17 |
Error Analysis for Difference
Equations |
| Mathematica Command Summary | |
| Sample Mathematica Commands | |
| Mathematica Commands for Implicit Mass Equation Error | |
| Mathematica Commands for Numerical Diffusion Analysis | |
| 9/19-21 | Heated Flow Exercise |
| 9-24 | Solving the Difference Equations |
| Simple Newton's Method | |
| Newton's Method for More than One Equation | |
| 9-26 | Modeling Pumps |
| 9-28 | The TEE and its Relatives, Momentum Conservation |
| 10/1 | Review for Exam |
| 10/3 | Exam (Room 4 HH Dev-E) |
| 10/5 | Control Theory in One Hour |
| 10/8 | Building Control Systems |
| 10/10-12 | Active Control of Pumped Flow |
| 10/15 | Water Levels, and Level Tracking |
| 10/17 | Heat Transfer |
| 10/19 | A Simple Heat Transfer Experiment |
| 10/22 | Core Heat Conduction Calculation |
| 11/24 | Heat Conduction Limited Boiling Model |
| 10/26 | A Simple Core Model with TRACE |
| 10/29 | Subcooled Boiling and More on Heat Conduction |
| 10/31 |
Steam Generators |
| 11/2 | Modeling a Turbine |
| 11/5 | Parameter Selection with the Secant Method |
| 11/7 |
Introduction to Requirements for the Final Project |
| 11/7 | Reveiw for Exam |
| 11/9 | Exam 2 |
| 11/12 |
Return Exams, Project Discussions |
| 11/14 |
Laboratory work on Steam
Generator |
| 11/16 | Safety Systems |
| 11/26- 12/12 |
Laboratory Help on Project |
| 12/14 | Semester Summary and Laboratory Help on Project |
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