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Numerical error analysis of direct integration method

Journal Article · · Transp. Theory Stat. Phys.; (United States)
Numerical errors of PALLAS calculation due to spatial mesh sizes are examined for a typical deep penetration shielding problem of isotropic incident fission neutrons penetrating a 200-cm-thick water slab. The exponential approximation for the source spatial distribution to solve the transport equation based on the direct integration method is verified to be effective for radiation transport in attenuating medium, while the linear approximation employed in the old PALLAS code is found to produce large errors for calculations with large mesh sizes.
Research Organization:
Ship Research Institute, Tokai-Branch
OSTI ID:
5871863
Journal Information:
Transp. Theory Stat. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: Transp. Theory Stat. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 15:1; ISSN TTSPB
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English