Variational acceleration for subspace iteration method. Application to nuclear power reactors

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 391-407

  Vidal, V ^a   Verdu G ^a   Ginestar, D ^a   Munoz Cobo J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lambda modes; Subspace iteration; Variatiooal acceleration

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

LAMBDA MODES; RAYLEIGH-RITZ PROJECTIONS; SUBSPACE ITERATION METHOD;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 0031997428     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980215)41:3<391::AID-NME289>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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