AN IMPROVED FOKKER-PLANCK ANGULAR DIFFERENCING SCHEME Academic Article

abstract

• An analysis is performed that shows that the standard three-point difference scheme for the Fokker-Planck angular diffusion operator rigorously preserves the zeroth angular moment, but not the first moment. As a result, the scheme does not give the exact diffusion solution in the diffusion limit. This deficiency is eliminated by means of a simple modification of the scheme. The three-point structure and positivity of the original scheme are retained in the modified scheme.

authors

• Morel, Jim

published proceedings

• NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

author list (cited authors)

• MOREL, J. E.

citation count

• 29

complete list of authors

• MOREL, JE

publication date

• February 1985

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Nuclear Science and Engineering  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4019 Resources Engineering And Extractive Metallurgy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.13182/NSE85-A18187

start page

• 131

end page

• 136

volume

• 89

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.13182/nse85-a18187