Denovo: A new three-dimensional parallel discrete ordinates code in SCALE

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-200

  Evans, Thomas M ^a   Stafford, Alissa S ^a   Slaybaugh, Rachel N ^a   Clarno, Kevin T ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Discrete ordinates; Radiation transport

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; CODES (SYMBOLS);

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; DISCONTINUOUS FINITE ELEMENT; DISCRETE ORDINATES; DISCRETIZATION SCHEME; GAUSS SEIDEL ITERATION; GENERIC PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORKS; RADIATION TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DIFFERENCING;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 77956144217     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT171-171     Document Type: Article

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