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A Dynamical Network Model for Percolation Problems in Performance Assessment of Radioactive Waste Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Hiroyasu Takase ,
M. Inagaki ,
M. D. Impey  and
P. Grindrod
Hiroyasu Takase
Affiliation:
JGC Corporation, 1–14–1 Bessho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232Japan
M. Inagaki
Affiliation:
JGC Corporation, 1–14–1 Bessho, Minami-ku, Yokohama, 232Japan
M. D. Impey
Affiliation:
Intera Information Technologies, Chiltern House, 45 Station Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1 AT, UK
P. Grindrod
Affiliation:
Intera Information Technologies, Chiltern House, 45 Station Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1 AT, UK
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Abstract

A semi-analytical model for percolation problems, called the Dynamical Network Model, is developed. Because of its semi-analytic nature, the model is more efficient than the existing numerical techniques especially for three dimensional problems and, thus, can be used to a wide range of percolation-like problems in performance assessment of radioactive waste disposal.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 353: Symposium – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XVIII , 1994 , 449
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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