Analytical solutions for the neutron transport using the spectral methods

Kadem, Abdelouahab

doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/IJMMS/2006/16214

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Volume 2006 | Article ID 016214 | https://doi.org/10.1155/IJMMS/2006/16214

Analytical solutions for the neutron transport using the spectral methods

Abdelouahab Kadem¹

Received16 May 2005

Revised27 Mar 2006

Accepted04 Apr 2006

Published12 Jul 2006

Abstract

We present a method for solving the two-dimensional equation of transfer. The method can be extended easily to the general linear transport problem. The used technique allows us to reduce the two-dimensional equation to a system of one-dimensional equations. The idea of using the spectral method for searching for solutions to the multidimensional transport problems leads us to a solution for all values of the independant variables, the proposed method reduces the solution of the multidimensional problems into a set of one-dimensional ones that have well-established deterministic solutions. The procedure is based on the development of the angular flux in truncated series of Chebyshev polynomials which will permit us to transform the two-dimensional problem into a set of one-dimensional problems.

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