A Monte Carlo calculation of neutron reflection from various curved surfaces

<p>"Plane parallel neutron beams normally incident upon the curved surface of a solid reflector are studied with the Monte Carlo method. The geometries studied are cylindrical, parabolic, and hemispherical. It is shown that when the curved surface is cylindrical, a small "focusing effect" occurs in the reflected neutron beam. Parabolic and hemispherical surfaces do not show "focusing". A study of the factors which determine the spatial dependence of the reflected flux shows that the probability of emergence of a neutron, traveling a fixed distance from a point inside the reflector, depends upon the curvature of the surface. It is only for cylindrical geometry that this probability as a function of distance shows a "peak" which results in "focusing""--Abstract, page ii.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D. in Nuclear Engineering

Grantor

University of Missouri--Rolla

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Kalter, Charles Jack

• Nuclear Engineering

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/212

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsmine.mst.edu:doctoral_dissertations-1214