Optimal discontinuous finite element methods for the Boltzmann transport equation with arbitrary discretisation in angle

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1741-1759

  Merton, S R ^a   Pain, C C ^b   Smedley Stevenson, R P ^a   Buchan, A G ^b   Eaton, M D ^b  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GALERKIN METHODS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; SOLUTIONS;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; APPLIED (CO); BASIS FUNCTIONS; BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION (BTE); CONTROL VOLUMES; DISCONTINUOUS FINITE ELEMENT (DFE); DISCRETISATION; FINITE ELEMENT (FE); FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTIONS; INTEGRATION BY PARTS; ONE-DIMENSION; PETROV-GALERKIN; RIEMANN APPROACH; RIEMANN SOLVERS; ROBUST SOLUTIONS; STABILISATION; STREAMLINE DIFFUSION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 47849112071     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2008.01.023     Document Type: Article

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