Acceleration of multidimensional discrete ordinates methods via adjacent-cell preconditioners

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 202-226

  Azmy, Y Y ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ALGEBRA; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ADJACENT CELL PRECONDITIONERS; EDGE CENTERED ACCELERATION METHODS; MULTIDIMENSIONAL DISCRETE ORDINATES METHODS; PRODUCTION LEVEL CODES;

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034301002     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE00-A2153     Document Type: Article

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