NRE 6103 - Computational Methods of Radiation Transport
Offered as Required

Credit Hours: 3-0-3
Prerequisite: NRE 6101 or equivalent, or with the consent of the instructor
Catalog Description: Deterministic and stochastic computational methods for solving transport equations of neutral particles.
Textbook:
 		 E.E. Lewis and W. F. Miller, Jr., Computational Methods of Neutron Transport, John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1984
James Duderstadt and William Martin, Transport Theory; John Wiley, 1979
Instructors: Farzad Rahnema, Nolan Hertel, and Cassiano de Oliveira (Spring 2004)
References: Transport Theory, Duderstadt and Martin
Goals:
 		 To familiarize the student with modern computational techniques in radiation transport.
Prerequisites by Topic: Graduate Level Radiation Transport
Topics:  
  Deterministic Methods
 
The Transport Equation
 
Energy and Time Discretization
 
Discrete Ordinates and P-N Methods in 1-D
 
Multidimensional Discrete Ordinates Methods
 
Integral Transport Methods (Characteristic and Collision Probability)
 
Even-Parity Transport Methods
  Monte Carlo Methods
 
Random Number Generation
 
Probability Distribution Functions
 
Random Number Generation
 
Analog Monte Carlo Sampling
 
Error Estimates
 
Nonanalog Monte Carlo
 
Tracking in Phase Space
 
Variance Reduction Techniques
 
Variance Reduction Techniques Tallies
 
Shielding and Criticality Calculations
Computer Usage: Hardware: PCs or Workstations; Software: A FORTRAN Compiler
Projects:
 
 		 Write (1) a deterministic code to perform 1-D, 1-Group calculations using discrete ordinates and collision probability methods, (2) a Monte Carlo code to perform the same calculations as in (1).

Prepared by: F. Rahnema and N. Hertel
Date: 3/18/97

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Revised July 2004