Numerical solution of stiff burnup equation with short half lived nuclides by the krylov subspace method

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-154

  Yamamoto, Akio ^a   Tatsumi, Masahiro ^b   Sugimura, Naoki ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nuclear Fuel Industries   (Japan)

^c Nuclear Engineering   (Japan)

Author keywords

AEGIS; Bateman; Burnup chain; Burnup equation; Krylov subspace method; Matrix exponential; Runge Kutta Gill

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FISSION PRODUCTS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS;

BATEMAN; BURNUP CHAIN; KRYLOV SUBSPACE METHOD; MATRIX EXPONENTIAL;

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 33947155342     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2007.9711268     Document Type: Article

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