A heterogeneous analytical benchmark for particle transport methods development
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
A heterogeneous analytical benchmark has been designed to provide a quality control measure for large-scale neutral particle computational software. Assurance that particle transport methods are efficiently implemented and that current codes are adequately maintained for reactor and weapons applications is a major task facing today`s transport code developers. An analytical benchmark, as used here, refers to a highly accurate evaluation of an analytical solution to the neutral particle transport equation. Because of the requirement of an analytical solution, however, only relatively limited transport scenarios can be treated. To some this may seem to be a major disadvantage of analytical benchmarks. However, to the code developer, simplicity by no means diminishes the usefulness of these benchmarks since comprehensive transport codes must perform adequately for simple as well as comprehensive transport scenarios.
- OSTI ID:
- 678127
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-990605-; ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: 99:009112
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 80; Conference: 1999 annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), Boston, MA (United States), 6-10 Jun 1999; Other Information: PBD: 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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