NE-255 Description

NE 255 - Numerical Simulation in Radiation Transport

Fall 2008

Schedule
Lectures: Tu Th 11:00-12:30, 237 Cory Hall
Lab: 1111 and 1171 Etchevery Hall, DECF Computer Labs

Instructors : Professor J. Vujic, 4105 Etcheverry Hall, 510-643-8085,
Office Hours: Tu 1:30 pm-3:00 pm
E-mail : vujic@nuc.berkeley.edu

Course Description : Computational methods used to analyze radiation transport described by various differential, integral, and integro-differential equations. Numerical methods include finite difference, finite elements, discrete ordinates, and Monte Carlo. Examples from neutron and photon transport; numerical solutions of neutron/photon diffusion and transport equations. Monte Carlo simulations of photon and neutron transport. An overview of optimization techniques for solving the resulting discrete equations on vector and parallel computer systems.

Course Outline

Grading :

40% Homework, 30% 2 Midterms, 30% Project
(Everyone must do all the assignments)

Textbooks: No Textbook. Class Notes, handouts.

Computational Methods in Reactor Analysis References:

E. E. Lewis and W. E. Miller Jr., " Computational Methods of Neutron Transport," ANS (1993) or J. Wiley&Sons, New York (1984).
S. Nakamura, "Computational Methods in Engineering and Science with Applications to Fluid Dynamics and Nuclear Systems," Reprint, Robert E. Krieger Publ. Co., Florida (1986).
S. Patankar, "Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow," Taylor and Francis, 1980

Computer/Numerical Methods References :

C. Pozrikidis, "Numerical Computation in Science and Engineering," Oxford University Press, NY (1998).
J. Hoffman, "Numerical Methods For Engineers and Scientists," McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1992.
O'Reilly and Associates, "Unix for Fortran Programmers," 1990.
R. J. Schilling and S. L. Harris, "Applied Numerical Methods for Engineers, Using MATLAB and C" Brooks/Cole (2000).
G. Strang, "Linear Algebra and Its Applications," Harcourt, 1988.
Gene Golub, C. Van Loan, "Matrix Computations," John Hopkins Univ. Press, 1989
W. Hackbusch, "Iterative Solution of Large Sparse Systems of Equations," Springer-Verlag, 1994.
Y. Saad, "Iterative Methods for Sparse Linear Systems," PWS, 1996.

Nuclear Reactor Analysis References:

J. J. Duderstadt & L. J. Hamilton, "Nuclear Reactor Analysis," Wiley (1976).
W. M. Stacey, "Nuclear Reactor Physics," J. Wiley and Sons (2001).
J. Duderstadt and W. Martin, "Transport Theory," J. Wiley&Sons, New York (1979).
K. Ott and W. Bezella, "Introductory Nuclear Reactor Statics," American Nuclear Society, 1989.
A. Henry, Nuclear Reactor Analysis, MIT Press (1975)

Course Computer Accounts:

All students should get the computer accounts for the Davis Etcheverry Computing Facility (DECF - 1171 and 1111 Etchevery Hall) http://www.decf.berkeley.edu/forms
For more information contact: consult@decf.berkeley.edu
1171/1111 Etcheverry Hall http://www.decf.berkeley.edu/

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