Adopting Code Verification Methodology Based on Model Form

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2025

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2516810· OSTI ID:2516810

Lance, Blake ^[1]; Krueger, Aaron Martin ^[1]; Kirsch, Jared Roelof ^[1]

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1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Code verification is an essential part of credibility analysis for computational models. It assesses whether the mathematical model is implemented correctly into the code and whether the numerical methods behave consistently, and is done before solution verification and validation. Robust guidance for code verification exists in the literature. However, there is no known, concise guide for selecting the approach based on the model form that also presents an overview of the common elements. This document was written to address this gap as an accessible reference for beginning a code-verification effort.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: NA0003525
• OSTI ID: 2516810
• Report Number(s): SAND--2025-00835R
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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