Red-black response matrix acceleration by transformation of interface variables

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-193

  Lewis, E E ^a   Palmiotti, G ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; BENCHMARKING; DIFFUSION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

DIFFUSION THEORY; RED-BLACK ITERATION MATRIX; RESPONSE MATRIX METHODS; VARIATIONAL NODAL METHOD;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 0032179117     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE98-A1999     Document Type: Article

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