Advances in Discrete-Ordinates Methodology Chapter

abstract

• In 1968, Bengt Carlson and Kaye Lathrop published a comprehensive review on the state of the art in discrete-ordinates (SN) calculations [10]. At that time, SN methodology existed primarily for reactor physics simulations. By today's standards, those capabilities were limited, due to the less-developed theoretical state of SN methods and the slower and smaller computers that were then available. In this chapter, we review some of the major advances in SN methodology that have occurred since 1968. These advances, combined with the faster speeds and larger memories of today's computers, enable today's SN codes to simulate problems of much greater complexity, realism, and physical variety. Since 1968, several books and reviews on general numerical methods for SN simulations have been published [32, 46, 71], but none of these covers the advanced work done during the past 20 years. 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

authors

• Morel, Jim

author list (cited authors)

• Larsen, E. W., & Morel, J. E.

citation count

• 45

complete list of authors

• Larsen, Edward W||Morel, Jim E

Book Title

• NUCLEAR COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE: A CENTURY IN REVIEW

publication date

• December 2010

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/978-90-481-3411-3_1

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 978-90-481-3410-6

start page

• 1

end page

• 84

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3411-3_1