Computational validation - Part I. The need for computational model validation

Experimental Techniques

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 31-33

  Garcia, John ^a,b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOMBS (ORDNANCE); COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; RADIOGRAPHY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SUPERCOMPUTERS; X RAY SCATTERING;

ACCELERATED STRATEGIC COMPUTING INITIATIVE; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTING; X RAY SCATTER REDUCTION TECHNIQUE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 0035271844     PISSN: 07328818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1567.2001.tb00015.x     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. For more reading on this topic, see The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1986, ISBN 0-671-44133-7.
2. Stockpile Stewardship Plan: Executive Overview, U. S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Agency, Office of the Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, DOE/NNSA/DP-1041, Fiscal Year 2001, p. 1.
3. Stockpile Stewardship Plan: Executive Overview, U. S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Agency, Office of the Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, DOE/NNSA/DP-1041, Fiscal Year 2001, page xiii.
4. For more reading on this topic, see Inertial Confinement Fusion: The Quest for Ignition and Energy Gain Using Indirect Drive by John D. Lindl, American Institute of Physics, New York, NY, 1998.
5. For more reading on this topic, see Guide for Sandia ASCI Verification and Validation Plans-Content and Format: Version 2.0 by Martin Pilch et. al., Sandia National Laboratories, SAND2000-3101, January 2001.
6. Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI) Program Plan, Department of Energy Defense Programs, DOE/DP-99-000010592, January 2000, p. 12.
7. Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI) Program Plan, Department of Energy Defense Programs, DOE/DP-99-000010592, January 2000, p. 13.
8. FY01 Implementation Plan for ASCI Applications, Verification & Validation, and Materials and Physics Modeling, Sandia National Laboratories, SAND2000-3047, January 2001 pp. 97-99.