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

DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2015.10.039MaRDI QIDQ729433zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Adam J. Hoffman, John C. Lee

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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Cites work

• Generation of Finite Difference Formulas on Arbitrarily Spaced Grids

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Uses Software

• CACTUS
• FCVODE
• DeCART

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