AFEN method and its solutions of the hexagonal three-dimensional VVER-1000 benchmark problem

Progress in Nuclear Energy

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 880-890

  Lee, Jaejun ^a   Cho, Nam Zin ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Analytic function expansion nodal (AFEN) method; COREDAX Code; Hexagonal z geometry; VVER 1000 benchmark

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CODES (SYMBOLS); FUNCTION EVALUATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANALYTIC FUNCTION EXPANSION NODAL (AFEN) METHOD; COREDAX CODE; HEXAGONAL-Z GEOMETRY; VVER-1000 BENCHMARKS;

NUCLEAR ENERGY;

EID: 33751173163     PISSN: 01491970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnucene.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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