Published January 2022 | Version v1
Journal article

Analysis and comparison of the 2D/1D and quasi-3D methods with the direct transport code SHARK

  • 1. Nuclear Power Institute of China, Chengdu (China)

Description

The 2D/1D method has become the mainstream of the direct transport calculation considering the balance of accuracy and efficiency. However, the 2D/1D method still suffers from stability issues. Recently, a quasi-3D method has been proposed with axial Legendre expansion. Analysis and comparison of the 2D/1D and quasi-3D method is conducted in theory from the equation derivation. Besides, the C5G7 benchmark, the KUCA benchmark and the macro BEAVRS benchmark are calculated to verify the theory comparisons of these two methods with the direct transport code SHARK. All results show that the quasi-3D method has better stability and accuracy than the 2D/1D method with worse efficiency and memory cost. It provides a new option for direct transport calculation with the quasi-3D method

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Engineering and Technology
Journal Volume
54
Journal Issue
1
Series
16 refs, 10 figs, 15 tabs
Journal Page Range
p. 19-29
ISSN
1738-5733

INIS

Country of Publication
Korea, Republic of
Country of Input or Organization
Korea, Republic of
INIS RN
53091587
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Descriptors DEI
ACCURACY; BENCHMARKS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; EFFICIENCY; EQUATIONS; EXPANSION; S CODES; VERIFICATION
Descriptors DEC
COMPUTER CODES; EVALUATION