Forward/adjoint transport formalism for sensitivity studies Conference Paper

abstract

• We describe a formalism for efficiently estimating the sensitivity of radiative transfer solutions to perturbations in the absorption and scattering properties of the transport medium assuming a fixed material temperature distribution. This formalism is adapted from similar formalism commonly used in the neutron transprot community. It is based upon the use of solutions to both the forward (standard) and adjoint transport equations. Given any desired integral response, (any quantity expressible as an integral over phase space of tghe rpoduct of an arbitrary function and the radiation intensity,) one can use this formalism to obtain a first-order estimate of the change in that response as a function of any perturbation in the absorption coefficients, the scattering coefficients, and the scattering phase function.

authors

• Morel, Jim

published proceedings

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Heat Transfer Division, (Publication) HTD

author list (cited authors)

• Morel, J. E., & McGhee, J. M.

complete list of authors

• Morel, JE||McGhee, JM

publication date

• December 1994

published in

• ASME -Publications- Htd  Journal

start page

• 171

end page

• 176

volume

• 276