Hello all,
I've been interested in nuclear power and how it applies to space propulsion for awhile now. I've come across a term though that I don't quite understand.
What is an optically coupled reactor? In context, it says that the design "separates the power conversion system from the...
Thanks for your response tiny-tim! So when you say it won't stay in the mode, we are saying that the mathematical model used to describe whatever phenomenon we're talking about will no longer be applicable? That constant is what allows the system to work (ie stay in the mode)?
I know that the eigenvalue of a linear system is a scalar such that Ax=λx. I know many ways to find the eigenvalue of a linear system. But I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out what it is actually telling me about the system.
Can anyone give me a non-technical straight up answer on why...