Problem Formulation Part 2

For the purpose of this simulation, we’ll be recording a list of states, from zero state, to completed state.

Global Members

Time

Calculated from zero, where the initial fission of U-235 begins time.

• Years = 365 days
• Day = 24 hours
• Hours = 60 Minutes
• Minutes = 60 Seconds
  
  

List of all Elements

1. Name-
2. Atomic Weight -
3. Half-Life -
4. Stable - if probability of decay is 0, stable is true, else, stable is false
5. Decay -
1. Probability of what daughter elements they may decay into
1. Daughters

State Variables:

There are a number of variables that this simulation won’t account for; this is a naive simulation that does not consider environmental factors, such as heat, pressure, the impact of environmental elements (which could initiate chemical reactions), and reaction chains of fission in nearby elements. Each of these variables, if considered, could dramatically change the results of this simulation.

Clock

Clock = Clock + half-life of the element that decayed, triggering a State change.

State Time

The time at a given State. This is provided by recording the clock value when the state is occurs.

Snap State

A list of States, organized by time. Utilized for finding a specific state, found by time. State changes are initiated by element(s) decay, and State Time may not be favorable for examination by specific time.

Snap State provides list of states that are defined by time increments, like years, to provide data at benchmarks that may be compared to observed data (where it is available) for validation purposes, and to provide a format that is more search-friendly.

Snap State defaults to the most recent state that was measured. An extension of this implementation could provide an interactive search for specific states, for which this would be particularly useful.

Existing Element List

This is list of Elements that exist at any given state. This has two members:

1. list of elements is n elements of k quantity where n is an element from element list, and k is a quantity greater than 0
2. element quantity- provides an integer number that represents how many molecules of an element exist in the current state.