Boundary layer analysis in the homogenization of neutron transport equations in a cubic domain

Asymptotic Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 213-239

  Bal, Guillaume ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Half space problem; Homogenization; Linear transport

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; GEOMETRY; NEUTRON FLUX; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BOUNDARY LAYER ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; FINITE DOMAINS; HALF-SPACE PROBLEM; HOMOGENEOUS DIFFUSION; HOMOGENIZATION; LINEAR TRANSPORT; NEUTRON TRANSPORT; NEUTRON TRANSPORT EQUATION; TRANSPORT EQUATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 0000421583     PISSN: 09217134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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