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R. Vasques

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arXiv2021

An improved spectral approach for solving the nonclassical neutron particle transport equation

An improvement modification of the Spectral Approach (SA) used for approximating the nonclassical neutral particle transport equation is described in this work. The main focus of the modified SA lies on a slight modification of the nonclassical angular flux representation as a function of truncated Laguerre series. This leads, in some cases, to a considerable decrease of the Laguerre truncation order required to generate accurate solutions. Numerical results are given to illustrate this proposed improvement.

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arXiv2020

Nonlinear Fokker-Planck Acceleration for Forward-Peaked Transport Problems in Slab Geometry

This paper introduces a nonlinear acceleration technique that accelerates the convergence of solution of transport problems with highly forward-peaked scattering. The technique is similar to a conventional high-order/low-order (HOLO) acceleration scheme. The Fokker-Planck equation, which is an asymptotic limit of the transport equation in highly forward-peaked settings, is modified and used for acceleration; this modified equation preserves the angular flux and moments of the (high order) transport equation. We present numerical results using the Screened Rutherford, Exponential, and Henyey-Greenstein scattering kernels and compare them to established acceleration methods such as diffusion synthetic acceleration (DSA). We observe three to four orders of magnitude speed-up in wall-clock time compared to DSA.

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arXiv2018

A Spectral Approach for Solving the Nonclassical Transport Equation

This paper introduces a mathematical approach that allows one to numerically solve the nonclassical transport equation in a deterministic fashion using classical numerical procedures. The nonclassical transport equation describes particle transport for random statistically homogeneous systems in which the distribution function for free-paths between scattering centers is nonexponential. We use a spectral method to represent the nonclassical flux as a series of Laguerre polynomials in the free-path variable $s$, resulting in a nonclassical equation that has the form of a classical transport equation. We present numerical results that validate the spectral approach, considering transport in slab geometry for both classical and nonclassical problems in the discrete ordinates formulation.

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arXiv2017

Simplified P$_N$ Equations for Nonclassical Transport with Isotropic Scattering

An asymptotic analysis is used to derive a set of diffusion approximations to the nonclassical transport equation with isotropic scattering. These approximations are shown to reduce to the simplified P$_N$ equations under the assumption of classical transport, and therefore are labeled nonclassical SP$_N$ equations. In addition, the nonclassical SP$_N$ equations can be manipulated into a classical form with modified parameters, which can be implemented in existing SP$_N$ codes. Numerical results are presented for an one-dimensional random periodic system, validating the theoretical predictions.

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