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A diffusion accelerated solution method for the nonlinear characteristic scheme

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OSTI ID:459256
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)

Recently the nonlinear characteristic scheme for spatially discretizing the discrete-ordinate equations was introduced. This scheme is accurate for both optically thin and optically thick spatial meshes and produces strictly positive angular fluxes. The nonlinear characteristic discrete-ordinate equations can be solved using the source iteration method; however, it is well known that this method converges prohibitively slowly for optically thick problems with scattering ratios at or near unity. In this paper the authors describe a diffusion accelerated solution method for solving the nonlinear characteristic equations in slab geometry.

OSTI ID:
459256
Report Number(s):
CONF-950420--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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