Spatial adaptivity applied to the variational nodal Pn equations

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-63

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Lewis, E E ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ERRORS; FLUID MECHANICS; IRON; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC FLUX; NUMERICAL METHODS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; WATER;

ADAPTIVE GRID METHODS; IRON WATER BENCHMARK PROBLEM; ITERATIVE ADAPTIVE PROCEDURE; NEUTRON DIFFUSION EQUATION; SPATIAL ADAPTIVITY; SPHERICAL HARMONICS METHOD; TWO DIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 0036741475     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE02-A2287     Document Type: Article

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