Progress in spectral nodal methods applied to discrete ordinates transport problems

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 117-154

  Barros, Ricardo C ^a   Yavuz, Musa ^b   De Abreu, Marcos P ^a   Alves Filho, Hermes ^c   Mello, José Antônio M ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DISCRETE ORDINATE TRANSPORT PROBLEMS; SPECTRAL NODAL METHODS;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 0031617721     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-1970(97)00096-6     Document Type: Article

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