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Journal article
Analysis of communication costs for domain decomposed Monte Carlo methods in nuclear reactor analysis
Creators
- 1. Argonne National Laboratory, Theory and Computing Sciences, 9700 S Cass Ave., Argonne, IL 60439 (United States)
- 2. Studsvik Scandpower Inc., 1087 Beacon St. 301, Newton Center, MA 02459 (United States)
Description
A domain decomposed Monte Carlo communication kernel is used to carry out performance tests to establish the feasibility of using Monte Carlo techniques for practical Light Water Reactor (LWR) core analyses. The results of the prototype code are interpreted in the context of simplified performance models which elucidate key scaling regimes of the parallel algorithm.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2011.12.014Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jcp.2011.12.014;
- PII
- S0021-9991(11)00726-1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Computational Physics
- Journal Volume
- 231
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Journal Page Range
- p. 3119-3125
- ISSN
- 0021-9991
- CODEN
- JCTPAH
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 43080782
- Subject category
- S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON TRANSPORT; NEUTRON TRANSPORT THEORY; PERFORMANCE; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
- Descriptors DEC
- CALCULATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC; NEUTRAL-PARTICLE TRANSPORT; RADIATION TRANSPORT; REACTORS; SIMULATION; TRANSPORT THEORY
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.