A time-dependent neutron transport method of characteristics formulation with time derivative propagation

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2015.10.039zbMath1351.82077OpenAlexW1949134345MaRDI QIDQ729433

John C. Lee, Adam J. Hoffman

Publication date: 20 December 2016

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2015.10.039

zbMATH Keywords

backward differentiation formula (BDF)reactor kineticsmethod of characteristics (MOC)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical aspects of the method of characteristics for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M25) Nuclear reactor theory; neutron transport (82D75)

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Application of stiffness confinement method within variational nodal method for solving time-dependent neutron transport equation ⋮ ntkfoam: an OpenFOAM based neutron transport kinetics solver for nuclear reactor simulation ⋮ A multigroup moment-accelerated deterministic particle solver for 1-D time-dependent thermal radiative transfer problems ⋮ Solution of a new model of fractional telegraph point reactor kinetics using differential transformation method ⋮ Validation of the SHNC time-dependent transport code based on the spherical harmonics method for complex nuclear fuel assemblies

Uses Software

• CACTUS
• FCVODE
• DeCART

Cites Work

• Generation of Finite Difference Formulas on Arbitrarily Spaced Grids

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