Geometric buckling for uniform slab

Geometric buckling for the reactor in the shape of an infinite uniform slab of finite thickness is a function of its thickness.

Notes:

1. Also see Geometric buckling from neutron flux.

Links:

1. Wikipedia, derivable from third row of first table.

thickness

thickness of the slab.

Symbol:

h

Latex:

\(h\)

Dimension:

length

geometric_buckling

geometric_buckling.

Symbol:

B_g^2

Latex:

\(B_\text{g}^2\)

Dimension:

1/area

law

B_g^2 = (pi / h)^2

Latex:

\[B_\text{g}^2 = \left(\frac{\pi}{h}\right)^{2}\]