Levermore-pomraning model results for an interior source binary stochastic medium benchmark problem

American Nuclear Society - International Conference on Mathematics, Computational Methods and Reactor Physics 2009, M and C 2009

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 1230-1245

  Brantley, Patrick S ^a   Palmer, Todd S ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary stochastic mixture; Levermore Pomraning model; Particle transport benchmark

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR FLUX; BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; BENCHMARK COMPARISON; BINARY STOCHASTIC MIXTURE; LEAKAGE VALUE; MAXIMUM RELATIVE ERRORS; MODEL RESULTS; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; RELATIVE ERRORS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARED; SCALAR FLUXES; STOCHASTIC MIXTURES; THICK SLAB; THIN SLAB;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; SLAB MILLS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 76749158016     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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