The objective of this article is to present a semiotic analysis of void— which in this article is the spacio-temporal empty space existing in any representation—in order to consider the representation of quality and to show how this is essential in human representation yet difficult to process computationally. First, a summary of reference to void is presented through a comparison between Weste...

Systematic parameter survey calculations were performed to investigate basic characteristics (burnup reactivity loss, Doppler coefficient, sodium void reactivity , control rod worth , power distribution, transmutation rate, breeding ratio etc.) of an LMFBR core loaded with minor actinide (MA) fuels which contain rare earths (RE) and a}so to establish MA and RE loading method which has no seriou...

Two distinct mechanisms of crack initiation and advance by void growth have been identified in the literature on the mechanics of ductile fracture. One is the interaction a single void with the crack tip characterizing initiation and the subsequent void by void advance of the tip. This mechanism is represented by the early model of Rice and Johnson and the subsequent more detailed numerical com...