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Several symbolic augmented Chebyshev expansions for solving the equation of radiative transfer

Journal Article · · Journal of Computational Physics
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  1. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Three expansion methods are described using Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind for solving the integral form of the equation of radiative transfer in an isotropically scattering, absorbing, and emitting plane-parallel medium. With the aid of symbolic computation, the unknown expansion coefficients associated with this choice of basis functions are shown to permit analytic resolution. A unified and systematic solution treatment is offered using the projection methods of collocation, Ritz-Galerkin, and Weighted-Galerkin, Numerical results are presented contrasting the three expansion methods and comparing them with existing benchmark results. New theoretical results are presented illustrating rigorous error bounds, residual characteristics, accuracy, and convergence rates. 50 refs., 2 figs., 8 tabs.
DOE Contract Number:
FG05-92ER25138; FG05-93ER25173
OSTI ID:
105445
Journal Information:
Journal of Computational Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Computational Physics Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 117; ISSN JCTPAH; ISSN 0021-9991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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