Exponential characteristic nonlinear radiation transport method for unstructured grids of triangular cells

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 264-281

  Mathews, Kirk A ^a   Brennan, Charles R ^a  

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EXPONENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC METHOD; NONLINEAR RADIATION TRANSPORT METHOD; TRIANGULAR CELLS; UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031191012     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE97-A24480     Document Type: Article

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