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Book Monte Carlo Principles and Neutron Transport Problems

Download or read book Monte Carlo Principles and Neutron Transport Problems written by Jerome Spanier and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-part treatment introduces the general principles of the Monte Carlo method within a unified mathematical point of view, applying them to problems in neutron transport. It describes several efficiency-enhancing approaches, including the method of superposition and simulation of the adjoint equation based on reciprocity. The first half of the book presents an exposition of the fundamentals of Monte Carlo methods, examining discrete and continuous random walk processes and standard variance reduction techniques. The second half of the text focuses directly on the methods of superposition and reciprocity, illustrating their applications to specific neutron transport problems. Topics include the computation of thermal neutron fluxes and the superposition principle in resonance escape computations.

Book Computational Treatments for Neutron Resonance Elastic Scattering in Monte Carlo Nuclear Simulations

Download or read book Computational Treatments for Neutron Resonance Elastic Scattering in Monte Carlo Nuclear Simulations written by Vivian Y. Tran and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simulations are vital to the safe design and operation of nuclear reactors. It is therefore important that they accurately treat the physics of nuclear interactions. This work investigates the phenomenon of neutron resonance scattering with a moving target, which can affect the post-collision properties of the neutron and macroscopic values such as temperature reactivity coefficients. First, this research validates a faster computational treatment for resonance scattering--the accelerated resonance elastic scattering (ARES) kernel sampling method--against the already verified Doppler broadening rejection correction (DBRC) treatment in the open-source OpenMC Monte Carlo neutron transport code being developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In an effort to improve computational efficiency, the optimal energy limits where this phenomenon should be treated are determined and compared to the less costly but inaccurate approximation of assuming a constant constant cross section for determining the reaction kinematics. To reduce memory requirements and facilitate coupling with heat transfer, a new data representation was recently adopted in OpenMC based on the multipole formalism. However, this new approach invalidates the previous implementations of DBRC and ARES. This thesis thus developed a modified DBRC algorithm compatible with the new data representation. This new method is also validated against the previous DBRC method. While more computationally costly, the use of the multipole representation in treating resonance scattering reduces memory requirements by a hundred-fold and facilitates the representation of temperature dependent cross sections.

Book Mc 93   Proceedings Of The International Conference On Monte Carlo Simulation In High Energy And Nuclear Physics

Download or read book Mc 93 Proceedings Of The International Conference On Monte Carlo Simulation In High Energy And Nuclear Physics written by Peter Dragovitsch and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994-01-28 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides an overview of the current state and future developments of Monte Carlo simulation and related tools and methods used in high energy physics and nuclear physics.

Book Advanced Monte Carlo for Radiation Physics  Particle Transport Simulation and Applications

Download or read book Advanced Monte Carlo for Radiation Physics Particle Transport Simulation and Applications written by Andreas Kling and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-02-22 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the state of the art of Monte Carlo methods in radiation physics and particle transport simulation and applications. Special attention is paid to algorithm development for modeling, and the analysis of experiments and measurements in a variety of fields.

Book Monte Carlo Methods for Particle Transport

Download or read book Monte Carlo Methods for Particle Transport written by Alireza Haghighat and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-08-09 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully updated with the latest developments in the eigenvalue Monte Carlo calculations and automatic variance reduction techniques and containing an entirely new chapter on fission matrix and alternative hybrid techniques. This second edition explores the uses of the Monte Carlo method for real-world applications, explaining its concepts and limitations. Featuring illustrative examples, mathematical derivations, computer algorithms, and homework problems, it is an ideal textbook and practical guide for nuclear engineers and scientists looking into the applications of the Monte Carlo method, in addition to students in physics and engineering, and those engaged in the advancement of the Monte Carlo methods. Describes general and particle-transport-specific automated variance reduction techniques Presents Monte Carlo particle transport eigenvalue issues and methodologies to address these issues Presents detailed derivation of existing and advanced formulations and algorithms with real-world examples from the author’s research activities

Book Nuclear Science Abstracts

Download or read book Nuclear Science Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Energy Research Abstracts

Download or read book Energy Research Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semiannual, with semiannual and annual indexes. References to all scientific and technical literature coming from DOE, its laboratories, energy centers, and contractors. Includes all works deriving from DOE, other related government-sponsored information, and foreign nonnuclear information. Arranged under 39 categories, e.g., Biomedical sciences, basic studies; Biomedical sciences, applied studies; Health and safety; and Fusion energy. Entry gives bibliographical information and abstract. Corporate, author, subject, report number indexes.

Book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Download or read book Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.

Book Monte Carlo Simulation of Correction Factors for Neutron Activation Foils

Download or read book Monte Carlo Simulation of Correction Factors for Neutron Activation Foils written by Pham Ngoc Son and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the conventional neutron activation analysis, the elemental concentrations are normally determined from the comparison ratios between the measured specific activities of the sample and the standard reference material. An advantage in the comparison ratio method is that the systematic error due to neutron self-shielding and multi-scattering effects is canceled out, and the correction factors can be ignored but the preparation of reference standards to match the same conditions with those of various samples is the main difficulty. In the modern trend of neutron activation analysis, the K0-standardization method has been developed and applied in almost all the NAA laboratories. An important research work in the procedure under this method is the characteristic information regarding the neutron source, such as thermal and epithermal neutron fluxes, and epithermal spectrum shape-factor. These neutron spectrum parameters are experimentally determined by using the activation foils, in which the corrections for all neutron effects cause systematic errors should be taken into account. Using the MCNP5 code, a well-known Monte Carlo simulation program, the results of correction factors of thermal, epithermal and resonance neutron self-shielding factors for Au, Co, Mn, W activation foils are presented in this chapter.

Book ERDA Energy Research Abstracts

Download or read book ERDA Energy Research Abstracts written by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book On the fly Nuclear Data Processing Methods for Monte Carlo Simulations of Intermediate and Fast Spectrum Systems

Download or read book On the fly Nuclear Data Processing Methods for Monte Carlo Simulations of Intermediate and Fast Spectrum Systems written by Jonathan Alan Walsh and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computational methods for on-the-fly representation and processing of nuclear data within Monte Carlo neutron transport simulations of intermediate and fast spectrum systems are developed and implemented in a continuous-energy Monte Carlo code. First, a capability to compute temperature-dependent unresolved resonance region (URR) cross sections directly from zero-temperature average resonance parameters is presented. The use of this capability in benchmarking both evaluated and processed URR data is demonstrated. Results of this benchmarking lead to a partial resolution of a longstanding discrepancy between experiment and calculation results for a well-known fast critical assembly. Next, an on-the-fly probability table interpolation scheme for computing temperature-dependent URR cross sections is developed and used in analyses which show that interpolation on a relatively coarse temperature mesh (>100 K) can be used to reproduce results obtained with cross sections generated at an exact temperature. This enables the simulation of systems having detailed temperature distributions using probability table data which require significantly less memory than data generated on a fine temperature mesh. Additional methods for use in the investigation of two common approximations that are made in representing URR cross section data are developed. Namely, a multi-level URR cross section calculation capability is used to show that level-level interference effects in elastic scattering cross sections are negligible in many cases of interest. A capability to generate resonance structure in competitive reaction cross sections is used to show that neglecting cross section structure for reactions other than elastic scattering, capture, and fission can lead to non-negligible, unconservative biases (>100 pcm) in criticality safety calculations. The principal underlying assumption of the probability table method is also tested by comparing the results it yields with results that are averaged over many independent simulations, each using a single, independent realization of URR resonance parameters. Unknown URR resonance structure is observed to induce an uncertainty on the multiplication factor for intermediate and fast spectrum systems that is nearly an order of magnitude greater than that which is purely stochastic. This significantly increases the uncertainty to which results of simulations of those systems should be stated. Finally, a procedure for consistent, on-the-fly sampling of temperature-dependent neutron reaction kernels which requires no additional secondary distribution data is presented. It is used to show that Doppler effects may have only a small impact on elastic scattering secondary angular distributions at typical power reactor operating temperatures but can be appreciable at astrophysical temperatures.

Book New Monte Carlo Simulations of the LLNL Pulsed sphere Experiments

Download or read book New Monte Carlo Simulations of the LLNL Pulsed sphere Experiments written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the late 1960s to about 1985, the Pulsed-Sphere Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) was carried out to measure 14-MeV neutron leakage spectra from target spheres made out of various elements, compounds, and mixtures Data from these experiments have been and continue to be fundamental in the evaluation of neutron Monte Carlo transport codes and cross section data libraries In addition, the data provide important integral information for stockpile stewardship, fusion technology, neutron therapy, and other applications Therefore, comparisons between computer Monte Carlo simulations and the results of these experiments are pivotal for the integral testing of processed nuclear data libraries and transport codes Fortunately, a large subset of data from the pulsed-sphere program (some 70 experiments) is available as a computer file called disp93in Furthermore, in the past few years, there has been a remarkable improvement in computer performance that allows for more realistic simulations by Monte Carlo codes such as TART 4 Previous TART simulations of the pulsed-sphere experiments were performed using simplified models with relatively small numbers of histories and very large solid angle detectors to offset the limitations in computer power. Also, not all the TART input files were created with the same level of detail For example, some input files included the air around the sphere while others did not These factors prompted a study to simulate in more detail all of the available pulsed-sphere experiments using the Monte Carlo transport code, TART, and the LLNL evaluated neutron data library, ENDL The timing of this study is significant because many years have passed since those experiments were done, and only a few people who participated in them are still working at LLNL Their help has been essential for an accurate documentation of the experiments For the Stewardship Program it is important to preserve and make use of as much of the data as possible, because it represents a unique resource and an enormous effort that would be very costly to reproduce The initial part of this study consisted of an analysis of the experimental setup and neutron source characteristics necessary to create the foundation for a TART input file The next task was to create the input files for the various experiments by incorporating particular settings, such as flight path, sphere materials and dimension, etc, to the basic TART input The results of the TART simulations of these experiments will be used to help assess the quality of evaluated data currently in ENDL Further, other nuclear libraries, e g, ENDF/B-VI, JENDL-3, and JEF-2, will be used in the Monte Carlo simulations after being reformatted for TART and other Laboratory codes Finally, this work will be part of the integral check of the new evaluations being prepared for the Stewardship Barn Book by the LLNL Nuclear Data Group.

Book INIS Atomindex

Download or read book INIS Atomindex written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dense Magnetized Plasmas

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  • Author : International Atomic Energy Agency
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  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 9789201391100
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Dense Magnetized Plasmas written by International Atomic Energy Agency and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents results achieved within an IAEA coordinated research project on dense magnetized plasmas (DMPs) with respect to the needs of plasma research in developed and developing IAEA Member States. Of specific interest is the improvement of experimental set-ups for DMPs.