Analysis of distances between inclusions in finite binary stochastic materials

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 577-598

  Griesheimer, David P ^a   Millman, David L ^b   Willis, Clarence R ^c  

^a BETTIS ATOMIC POWER LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Chord length sampling; Monte Carlo; Radiative transport; Stochastic mixture; Stochastic transport

Indexed keywords

CHORD LENGTH SAMPLING; MONTE CARLO; RADIATIVE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTIC MIXTURES; STOCHASTIC TRANSPORT;

INCLUSIONS; MATERIALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 78751581900     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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