Adjoint-based deviational Monte Carlo methods for phonon transport calculations
Abstract
In the field of linear transport, adjoint formulations exploit linearity to derive powerful reciprocity relations between a variety of quantities of interest. We develop an adjoint formulation of the linearized Boltzmann transport equation for phonon transport. We use this formulation for accelerating deviational Monte Carlo simulations of complex, multiscale problems. Benefits include significant computational savings via direct variance reduction, or by enabling formulations which allow more efficient use of computational resources, such as formulations which provide high resolution in a particular phase-space dimension (e.g., spectral). We show that the proposed adjoint-based methods are particularly well suited to problems involving a wide range of length scales (e.g., nanometers to hundreds of microns) and lead to computational methods that can calculate quantities of interest with a cost that is independent of the system characteristic length scale, thus removing the traditional stiffness of kinetic descriptions. Applications to problems of current interest, such as simulation of transient thermoreflectance experiments or spectrally resolved calculation of the effective thermal conductivity of nanostructured materials, are presented and discussed in detail.
- Authors:
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- Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Solid-State Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion Center (S3TEC); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1370983
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1198571
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0001299; FG02-09ER46577
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 91; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING
Citation Formats
Péraud, Jean-Philippe M., and Hadjiconstantinou, Nicolas G. Adjoint-based deviational Monte Carlo methods for phonon transport calculations. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.235321.
Péraud, Jean-Philippe M., & Hadjiconstantinou, Nicolas G. Adjoint-based deviational Monte Carlo methods for phonon transport calculations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.235321
Péraud, Jean-Philippe M., and Hadjiconstantinou, Nicolas G. 2015.
"Adjoint-based deviational Monte Carlo methods for phonon transport calculations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.91.235321. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1370983.
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title = {Adjoint-based deviational Monte Carlo methods for phonon transport calculations},
author = {Péraud, Jean-Philippe M. and Hadjiconstantinou, Nicolas G.},
abstractNote = {In the field of linear transport, adjoint formulations exploit linearity to derive powerful reciprocity relations between a variety of quantities of interest. We develop an adjoint formulation of the linearized Boltzmann transport equation for phonon transport. We use this formulation for accelerating deviational Monte Carlo simulations of complex, multiscale problems. Benefits include significant computational savings via direct variance reduction, or by enabling formulations which allow more efficient use of computational resources, such as formulations which provide high resolution in a particular phase-space dimension (e.g., spectral). We show that the proposed adjoint-based methods are particularly well suited to problems involving a wide range of length scales (e.g., nanometers to hundreds of microns) and lead to computational methods that can calculate quantities of interest with a cost that is independent of the system characteristic length scale, thus removing the traditional stiffness of kinetic descriptions. Applications to problems of current interest, such as simulation of transient thermoreflectance experiments or spectrally resolved calculation of the effective thermal conductivity of nanostructured materials, are presented and discussed in detail.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.91.235321},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1370983},
journal = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},
issn = {1098-0121},
number = 23,
volume = 91,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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