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Reactor performance and safety analysis codes [3]

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Infrastructure of the Backbone for coupling advanced nuclear codes

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Data package format of the Backbone communication protocol

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Solution of integrating the Backbone with a cluster

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Simulation results comparison between the coupling case and the ELOCA only case

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Evolution of sheath and coolant temperatures at the simulated fuel bundle, bundle power from 3D-Solver

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Sinusoidal function (Eq. (2)) against time, and the size of time step against time, using third-order controller 1 (H312b configuration, 0.05 tolerance, 1/18 error weight, 1/9 last error weight, and 1/18 second last error weight)

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Sinusoidal function against time, and the size of time step against time, over 50 points

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Delayed logistic function f against time, as output by the simulation, and the time step size against time, with steps selected using simple strategy (1.01 step-up, 0.9 step-down); 116 time steps, 9 rejections

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Delayed logistic function f against time, as output by the simulation, and the time step size against time, with steps selected using the elementary controller (0.05 tolerance, 0.2 error weight); 93 time steps, 12 rejections

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Delayed logistic function f against time, as output by the simulation, and the time step size against time, with steps selected using third-order controller (H312b configuration, 0.05 tolerance, 1/18 error weight, 1/9 last error weight, and 1/18 second last error weight); 121 time steps, 20 rejections