Recent content by NathanM

lol oh don't worry, I'm going to be getting a lot more familiar with fortran77 over the next few years. We're only really getting into it now, but it'll be used in my lab reports later in the semester and my dissertation over the summer. Then, I hear reactor control is still done in...

I wasn't sure if h1a would need stating before the loop or not, now I do. c works for me. It's an intermediate value that has no use outside of its function, and it's only definition is as the sum of c(i) array- Chi-squared. I like to be different. That's what it does so works for me to call it...

I've written this function to replace the assignment statements in the two interior loops, leaving the summation statements in. DO 20 i= 1,17 h1a= h1a chisqa= chisqa + c(Cs(i),h1loop1,t(i),Ctdiff(i),Ct(i),Cs(i),eCt(i)) 20 END DO...

Done! So as the assignment statements stand right now, are they not running through the calculation for every array labelled parameter using the i=1,17 statement? If no, it'll be better to move all of the assignment statements to a function and just execute that 17 times, yes? I'm not great...

Hi! I'll reply using bullet points for ease of reading. As always, thanks for taking the time to read through my mess :) Comments first! - RE: commented out variables- yeah I've commented them out whilst I work on the single parameter minimisation. They'll come back in one by one once it's...

Hi! Thanks for the reply :) I'm compiling with a program called Force2.0, but it's definitely meant to be fortran 77. With skills like mine, wouldn't be surprised if I've screwed up a few times! I'll bullet point responses to keep things clear(ish). (44)- Riiiight. So, having i=1,17 there isn't...

Hey guys! Having issues with a code I'm writing. It doesn't fit the typical format and I may have already accidentally posted it in the wrong forum, so here's a copy of what was there with the newest version of the code. It'll (eventually) be a four-parameter least squares minimisation, but for...

Hey guys! Having issues with a code I'm writing. It'll (eventually) be a four-parameter least squares minimisation, but for the moment I'm just trying to get the single parameter version to work. I've got the first module done but, when I run it it gets caught up in a loop and doesn't actually...

Thanks for the replies! @Astronuc- Yeah I understand that- I chose my undergraduate degree based on interest with little intent to work in the area, the postgraduate study is based upon an intent to work in the industry as well as interest. And while they may be a bit different to each...

So I'm to understand no one on this whole forum works in the nuclear industry or has interest in this particularly large field, or is it more that nobody feels like sharing and helping?

The mobile phone disagrees with you :p The theory is one thing, but we've all seen how things tend to change a bit when reputable evidence comes about. Sure it might take a while, but unless you have a time machine you can't say for certain what may or may not happen in the future regarding...

Is science fact not based in science fiction? I doubt anyone knows the feasibility of such technologies at this point and none could accurately state for or against, considering the understanding of the Higgs field is so limited.

So it's more a case of convenience vs reassignment of values eh!

Hello all! I've graduated my undergraduate Masters in Physics with astrophysics this summer, and am now looking into doing a postgraduate Masters in The Physics and Technology of Nuclear Reactors as the area holds great interest for me. The problem is I don't really know anything about the...