Iterative schemes for the neutron diffusion equation

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 44, Issue 10-11, 2002, Pages 1307-1323

  Bru, R ^a   Ginestar, D ^a   Marin J ^a   Verdu G ^a   Mas, J ^a   Manteuffel, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Iterative methods; Neutron diffusion equation; Second degree methods; Variational acceleration

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EXTRAPOLATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

BIDIMENSIONAL SEED-BLANKET TRANSIENT; NEUTRON DIFFUSION EQUATION; SECOND DEGREE METHODS; VARIATIONAL ACCELERATION;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 0036857094     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0898-1221(02)00258-4     Document Type: Article

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