Temporal accuracy of the nonequilibrium radiation diffusion equations applied to two-dimensional multimaterial simulations

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 174-189

  Mousseau, Vincent A ^a,b   Knoll, Dana A ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RADIATION;

MULTIMATERIAL SIMULATIONS; RADIATION DIFFUSION SIMULATIONS; TIME INTEGRATION METHODS; TIME STEP CONTROL;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 33750053567     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE06-A2624     Document Type: Article

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