Evaluation of shielding performance for newly developed composite materials

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Evans, Beren Richard
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Ji, Wei
Liu, Li (Emily)
Lian, Jie
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2017-05
Keywords
Nuclear engineering
Degree
MS
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13015/1958
Abstract
Shielding performance and secondary radiation data suggested that tungsten boron carbide was the most effective composite material. An analysis of the macroscopic cross-section contributions from constituent materials and interaction mechanisms was then performed in an attempt to determine the reasons for tungsten boron carbide’s success over the other investigated materials.
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May 2017
School of Engineering
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Dept. of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
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