APOLLO2 year 2010

R Sanchez, I Zmijarevi, M Coste-Delclaux… - Nuclear engineering …, 2010 - koreascience.kr
This paper presents the mostortant developments implemented in the APOLLO2 spectral
code since its last general presentation at the 1999 M&C conference in Madrid. APOLLO2 …

A linear source approximation scheme for the method of characteristics

RM Ferrer, JD Rhodes III - Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
A linear source (LS) approximation scheme is presented for the two-dimensional method of
characteristics (MOC). The LS approximation relies on the computation of track-based …

Prospects in deterministic three-dimensional whole-core transport calculations

R Sanchez - Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2012 - koreascience.kr
The point we made in this paper is that, although detailed and precise three-dimensional
(3D) whole-core transport calculations may be obtained in the future with massively parallel …

A neutron transport characteristics method for 3D axially extruded geometries coupled with a fine group self-shielding environment

S Santandrea, D Sciannandrone… - Nuclear Science and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper we describe some recent developments in the Method of Characteristics (MOC)
for three-dimensional (3D) extruded geometries in the nuclear reactor analysis code …

[PDF][PDF] Linear source approximation in CASMO5

R Ferrer, J Rhodes, K Smith - PHYSOR 2012-Advances in Reactor …, 2012 - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT A Linear Source (LS) approximation has been implemented in the two-
dimensional Method of Characteristics (MOC) transport solver in a prototype version of …

The linear source approximation and particle conservation in the Method of Characteristics for isotropic and anisotropic sources

RM Ferrer, JD Rhodes III - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Particle conservation, otherwise known as particle balance, is one of the main properties to
examine when considering any transport discretization. In the past, particle conservation has …

Linear Source Approximation in MPACT for Efficient and Robust Multiphysics Whole-Core Simulations

S Choi, A Fitzgerald, N Herring… - Nuclear Science and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This work seeks to improve upon an existing formulation of the Method of Characteristics
(MOC) with a Linear Source Approximation (LSA) for problems that use nonconstant cross …

A Novel High-Order Surface Characteristics Scheme for the Neutron Transport Equation in 2D Unstructured Meshes

M Tiberga, S Santandrea - Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The development of higher-order method of characteristics (MOC) discretizations has
become of great interest to improve the performance of solvers based on the standard …

Development and verification of an MOC code employing assembly modular ray tracing and efficient acceleration techniques

C Tang, S Zhang - Annals of nuclear energy, 2009 - Elsevier
In this paper, we report the development and verification of a method of characteristics
(MOC) code, PEACH, at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Both the usual flat-source step …

Development of angle-dependent linear source approximation for three-dimensional method of characteristics transport analysis method in STREAM

J Choe, D Lee - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper features the development of angle-dependent linear source (ADLS)
approximation for the 2D/3D Method of Characteristics (MOC)/Diamond Differencing (DD) …