A new approach to the stabilization and convergence acceleration in coupled Monte Carlo–CFD calculations: The Newton method via Monte Carlo perturbation theory

This paper proposes the adoption of Monte Carlo perturbation theory to approximate the Jacobian matrix of coupled neutronics/thermal-hydraulics problems. The projected Jacobian is obtained from the eigenvalue decomposition of the fission matrix, and it is adopted to solve the coupled problem via the...

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Main Authors: Manuele Aufiero, Massimiliano Fratoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573317302954