3 ECTS credits
90 u studietijd
Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 9017665FNR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.
Working principle of a classical cyclotron; relativistic effects; synchronuous cyclotron; stability of particle beams in a classical and a synchronuous cyclotron
Auxiliary equipment and safety systems around cyclotrons
Neutron multiplication and chain reactions; control of a chain reaction by delayed neutrons; conceptual approach to the behavour of a nuclear reactor; kinetics of a nuclear reactor
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This course will explain the use of cyclotrons and nuclear reactors for producing radionuclides as well as the difference between both production methodes.
Upon completion of this course the student will understand the basic working principles of classical and isochroneous cyclotrons, as well as the more advanced principles related to axial and orbital stability of cyclotron beams of charged particles. Students will gain a clear, however theoretical, understanding of the operating parameters of an isochroneous cyclotron and the safety provisions which have to be in place to allow save use of such a cyclotron. Auxiliary equipment like extraction systems, beam tubes, electromagnetic lenses, ... are covered as well.
Upon completion of this course the student will understand the detailed principles of chain reactions based upon the nuclear fission process and of the fundamental processes that allow keeping this nuclear chain reaction under control. The student will understand and be able to explain the behaveour of a nuclear reactor in its different working modes and will be able to predict and explain the kinetic behaveour of a nuclear reactor upon changes of reactivity. Allthough not fundamentally different, attention is only payed to research reactors, while power reactors are not treated.
De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer
Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:
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Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen: biomedische ingenieurstechnieken: Standaard traject
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Startplan (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Profiel Radiation Physics (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Profiel Biomechanics and Biomaterials (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Profiel Sensors and Medical Devices (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Profiel Neuro-Engineering (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Biomedical Engineering: Standaard traject (NIEUW) (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)