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  4. A geometry preserving, conservative, mesh-to-mesh isogeometric interpolation algorithm for spatial adaptivity of the multigroup, second-order even-parity form of the neutron transport equation
 
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A geometry preserving, conservative, mesh-to-mesh isogeometric interpolation algorithm for spatial adaptivity of the multigroup, second-order even-parity form of the neutron transport equation
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Author(s)
Welch, J
Kophazi, J
Owens, A
Eaton, M
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
In this paper a method is presented for the application of energy-dependent spatial meshes applied to the multigroup, second-order, even-parity form of the neutron transport equation using Isogeometric Analysis (IGA). The computation of the inter-group regenerative source terms is based on conservative interpolation by Galerkin projection. The use of Non-Uniform Rational B-splines (NURBS) from the original computer-aided design (CAD) model allows for efficient implementation and calculation of the spatial projection operations while avoiding the complications of matching different geometric approximations faced by traditional finite element methods (FEM). The rate-of-convergence was verified using the method of manufactured solutions (MMS) and found to preserve the theoretical rates when interpolating between spatial meshes of different refinements. The scheme’s numerical efficiency was then studied using a series of two-energy group pincell test cases where a significant saving in the number of degrees-of-freedom can be found if the energy group with a complex variation in the solution is refined more than an energy group with a simpler solution function. Finally, the method was applied to a heterogeneous, seven-group reactor pincell where the spatial meshes for each energy group were adaptively selected for refinement. It was observed that by refining selected energy groups a reduction in the total number of degrees-of-freedom for the same total L2 error can be obtained.
Date Issued
2017-06-27
Date Acceptance
2017-06-07
Citation
Journal of Computational Physics, 2017, 347, pp.129-146
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/48627
DOI
https://www.dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2017.06.015
ISSN
0021-9991
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
129
End Page
146
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Computational Physics
Volume
347
Copyright Statement
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC
BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Rolls-Royce Plc
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E
Grant Number
EP/J002011/1
PO 5001626145
EP/K503733/1
Subjects
Applied Mathematics
01 Mathematical Sciences
02 Physical Sciences
09 Engineering
Publication Status
Published
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