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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 69 | Number 3 | March 1979 | Pages 430-432
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE79-A19960
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It is shown how a slab lattice of asymmetric cells can support complex macroscopic buckling modes leading to an effective “drift” of neutrons in a preferred direction. Expressions for the smeared lattice cell diffusion and drift coefficients that describe this effect are given.
