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Readings

Textbook

Todreas, Neil E., and Mujid S. Kazimi. Nuclear Systems: Thermal Hydraulic Fundamentals. Vol. 1. New York: Taylor & Francis Inc.: December 1, 1989. 3rd printing. ISBN: 1560320516.

Textbook Errata

Errata Volume 1 - 1st Printing (PDF)
Errata Volume 1 - 2nd Printing (PDF)
Errata Volume 1 - 3rd Printing (PDF)

Textbook Supplemental Notes

Note L.4 - Introduction to Structural Mechanics (PDF)

Useful References

Thermal-Hydraulics

Knief, R. A. Nuclear Engineering: Theory and Technology of Commercial Nuclear Power. Washington, D.C.: Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, May, 1992. ISBN: 1560320893. (General Nuclear Engineering)

Bird, R. B., W. E. Stewart, and E. N. Lightfoot. Transport Phenomena. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1960. ISBN: 047107392X. (Conservation Equations)

Incropera, F. P., and D. P. DeWitt. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1990. ISBN: 0471517291. (Single-Phase Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer)

Collier, J. G., and J. R. Thome. Convective Boiling and Condensation. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford Science Publications, June 1, 1996. ISBN: 0198562969. (Boiling and Two-Phase Flow)

Tong, L. S., and J. Weisman. Thermal Analysis of Pressurized Water Reactors. 1st ed. (1970); 2nd ed. (1979); 3rd ed. (1996). Hinsdale, LaGrange Park, Ill: American Nuclear Society. (Boiling and Two-Phase Flow)

Lahey, R. T., Jr., and F. J. Moody. The Thermal-Hydraulics of a Boiling Water Nuclear Reactor. 2nd ed. La Grange Park, Ill, USA: American Nuclear Society, 1993. ISBN: 0894480375. (Boiling and Two-Phase Flow)

Todreas, N. E., and M. S. Kazimi. Nuclear Systems II: Elements of Thermal Hydraulic Design. New York: Francis and Taylor, 1990. ISBN: 1560320796. (Thermal-Hydraulic Design Methodologies)

Structural Mechanics

Harvey, J. F. Theory and Design of Pressure Vessels. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. ISBN: 0442232489.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels: Asme Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and International Code. Section II and Section III (Subsections NB and NH). Fairfield, NJ: A S M E Press, 2001. ISBN: 0791825183.