THE NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS.

Abstract

The marchout method is extended to the numerical solution of second order 2-dimensional inhomogeneous problems and the one velocity neutron transport equation. In the method the solution is expanded in a full set of vectors which are used in an unstable difference equation. The error growth is controlled, however, by periodic matrix transformations which insure the completeness of the vector set. The error in the solution is determined by the frequency of these transformations and may be preset. The method has its greatest advantage in relation to the computational speed of conventional methods in elongated meshes, such as multigroup diffusion calculations or low order discrete ordinate or P sub N calculations with many spatial mesh points. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 1965
Accession Number
AD0621201

Entities

People

  • John William Lucey

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Diffusion
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Mathematics
  • Transport Ships
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Systems Analysis and Design