Riemann boundary conditions for the Boltzmann transport equation using arbitrary angular approximations

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1186-1195

  Buchan, Andrew G ^a   Merton, Simon R ^b   Pain, Christopher C ^a   Smedley Stevenson, Richard P ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AWE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angular discretisation; Boltzmann transport equation; Boundary conditions; Finite element

Indexed keywords

ANGLED SURFACES; ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; APPROXIMATION METHODS; BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; DISCRETISATION; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATIONS; FIRST ORDER; GALERKIN PROJECTIONS; MAPPING OPERATORS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; RIEMANN SPACE; WEIGHTED RESIDUALS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 79952440061     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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