Physical ZEBRA

The same patterns, stripes and hexagons, appear in completely different physical systems and on different spatial scales. For instance, stripe patterns are observed in human fingerprints, on zebra s skin and in the visual cortex... 

With the advent of computers that which was difficult to solve (numerically) before, often became easy. Without computers, we would understand much less about dissipative structures, chaos theory, attractors, etc. These subjects are of a mathematical nature, but have a direct relation to physics and chemistry, and most of all to biology. The relation happens on remarkably different scales and in remarkably different circumstances from chemical waves in space rationalizing the extraordinary pattern of the zebra skin to population waves of lynxes and rabbits as functions of time. In all these phenomena non-linearity plays a prominent role. 

The neutron physics of the reactor will be studied in Zebra. 

Reactor physics PNC developed a nuclear design analyds method which consists of nuclear data and reactor constants, calculation models, computer codes and methods for interpolation and extrapolation (Bondarenko-type 26 group constants, computer codes for 2D or 3D diffusion calculations, etc.). In addition, PNC performed a fiill size mockup test (the MOZART project) in the ZEBRA t critical test fa< ty at Winfidth in the UK, and a partial mockup test at the FCA (JAERI) in Japan, to help understand the nuclear characteristics of the Monju core and confirm the validity and accuracy of the nuclear dedgn. 

The latest ZEBRA batteries contain the cells that have incorporated changes to improve dramatically the battery power and energy (refer to Sec. 4.3.3)." - The physical and performance specifications for a modern battery design are listed in Table 40.8 and a corresponding picture is shown in Fig. AQ.llb. The ZEBRA batteries now meet or exceed all of the mid-term EV requirements of the three major U.S. automakers (specified through the USABC). 

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