NE155 - Introduction to Numerical Simulations in Radiation Transport
Spring 2008 lecture schedule
| Weeks | Date | Topic | Notes Handouts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 22, 2008 | Introduction, organization, overview and goals | Syllabus |
| 1 - 3 | Jan 22 - Feb 7, 2008 | Introduction to neutron density, flux and currentscomparison of deterministic and stochastic simulation methods Review of neutron transport & diffusion theory Derivation of integro-differential neutron transport equation Derivation of the neutron diffusion equation |
Duderstadt and Hamilton, Chapter 4 Lecture notes, part 6 |
| 4 - 5 | Feb 12 - 19, 2008 | Monte Carlo simulations of neutron transport | Lewis and Miller, Chapter 7 handout Lecture notes, part 2 |
| 5 - 6 | Feb 19 - 26, 2008 | Introduction to MCNP, MCNP examples | MCNP (ANECL) website |
| 6 | Feb 28, 2008 | Midterm 1 | |
| 7 - 8 | Mar 4 - 13, 2008 | Review: Fundamantals of numerical methods: Numerical differentiation and integration; Initial value problems of ODEs; Linear algebra and solutions of linear systems, finite difference methods | Lecture Notes: Section 2.1, Numerical differentiation & integration Lecture Notes: Section 2.2, IVPs Lecture Notes: Section 2.3, Linear Algebra Lecture Notes: Finite Difference Methods |
| 9 | Mar 18 - 20, 2008 | Numerical solution of neutron diffusion equation | Handout Lecture notes |
| 10 | March 25 - 27, 2008 | Spring break | |
| 11 - 13 | April 1 - 17, 2008 | Introduction to discrete ordinants - neutron transport equation Discretization of continuous variables (time, energy and angle) in neutron transport Spherical Harmonics discretization - derivation of the Pn equations Discrete Ordinates (Sn) methods & solution methods |
Duderstadt and Hamilton, Chapter 4 Lecture notes - summary of discrete ordinates |
| 14 | April 22, 2008 | Midterm 2 | |
| 14 - 15 | Apr 24 - May 1, 2008 | Introduction to the PARTISN Sn computer code & PARTISN examples | Partisn manual: Chapter 2 |
| 16 | May 6 - 8, 2008 | Advanced topics in numerical simulations in neutron transport and working on term projects | |
| 17 | May 20, 2008 | Student presentations of term projects |