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Title: Hybrid PN-SN Calculations with SAAF for the Multiscale Transport Capability in Rattlesnake

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OSTI ID:1357925

Two interface conditions, the Lagrange multiplier method and the upwinding method, for hybrid \pn-\sn calculations is proposed for the self-adjoint angular flux (SAAF) formulation of the transport equation using the continuous finite element method (FEM) for spatial discretization. These interface conditions are implemented in Rattlesnake, the radiation transport application built on MOOSE, for the on-going multiscale transport simulation effort at INL. For smoothing the solution at the interface for the Lagrange multiplier method, a method based on \sn Lagrange interpolation on the sphere is proposed. Numerical results indicate that the interface conditions give the expected convergence.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC07-05ID14517
OSTI ID:
1357925
Report Number(s):
INL/CON-15-36442
Resource Relation:
Conference: PHYSOR 2016, Sun Valley, ID, May 1–5, 2016
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English