Published October 1980 | Version v1
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Solution of the Multigroup-Diffusion equation by the response matrix method

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A preliminary analysis of the response matrix method is made, considering its application to the solution of the multigroup diffusion equations. The one-dimensional formulation is presented and used to test some flux expansions, seeking the application of the method to the two-dimensional problem. This formulation also solves the equations that arise from the integro-differential synthesis algorithm. The slow convergence of the power method, used to solve the eigenvalue problem, and its acceleration by means of the Chebyshev polynomial method, are also studied. An algorithm for the estimation of the dominance ratio is presented, based on the residues of two successive iteration vectors. This ratio, which is not known a priori, is fundamental for the efficiency of the method. Some numerical problems are solved, testing the 1D formulation of the response matrix method, its application to the synthesis algorithm and also, at the same time, the algorithm to accelerate the source problem. (Author)

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Abstract (Portuguese)

Uma analise preliminar do metodo de matrizes resposta e feita, com relacao a sua aplicacao na solucao das equacoes multigrupo-difusao. A formulacao a uma dimensao e apresentada e utilizada para testar alguns tipos de expansoes para o fluxo, com vistas a solucao do problema a duas dimensoes por este metodo. Esta formulacao resolve ainda, as equacoes que surgem do algoritmo da sintese integro-diferencial. A convergencia lenta do metodo da potencia, utilizado na solucao do problema de autovalor, e sua aceleracao atraves do metodo dos polinomios de Chebyshev, tambem sao estudadas. Um algoritmo para a estimativa da razao de dominancia e apresentado, baseando-se no residuo dos vetores de duas iteracoes sucessivas. Esta razao, que nao e conhecida a priori, e fundamental para a eficiencia do metodo. Alguns problemas foram resolvidos numericamente de modo a testar a formulacao 1D do metodo de matrizes resposta, sua aplicacao a sintese e, ao mesmo tempo, o algoritmo para a aceleracao do problema de fonte. (Autor)

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Original title (Portuguese)
Solucao das equacoes Multigrupo-Difusao pelo metodo de matrizes resposta

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Imprint Pagination
88 p.
Report number
INIS-mf--7723

INIS

Country of Publication
Brazil
Country of Input or Organization
Brazil
INIS RN
14724849
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Thesis
Descriptors DEI
MULTIGROUP THEORY; NEUTRON TRANSPORT THEORY; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
Descriptors DEC
TRANSPORT THEORY