A Uniform First-Order Method for the Discrete Ordinate Transport Equation with Interfaces in X,Y-Geometry

A Uniform First-Order Method for the Discrete Ordinate Transport Equation with Interfaces in X,Y-Geometry

Year:    2009

Journal of Computational Mathematics, Vol. 27 (2009), Iss. 6 : pp. 764–786

Abstract

A uniformly first-order convergent numerical method for the discrete-ordinate transport equation in the rectangle geometry is proposed in this paper. Firstly we approximate the scattering coefficients and source terms by piecewise constants determined by their cell averages. Then for each cell, following the work of De Barros and Larsen [1, 19], the solution at the cell edge is approximated by its average along the edge. As a result, the solution of the system of equations for the cell edge averages in each cell can be obtained analytically. Finally, we piece together the numerical solution with the neighboring cells using the interface conditions. When there is no interface or boundary layer, this method is asymptotic-preserving, which implies that coarse meshes (meshes that do not resolve the mean free path) can be used to obtain good numerical approximations. Moreover, the uniform first-order convergence with respect to the mean free path is shown numerically and the rigorous proof is provided.  

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/jcm.2009.09-m2894

Journal of Computational Mathematics, Vol. 27 (2009), Iss. 6 : pp. 764–786

Published online:    2009-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    23

Keywords:    Transport equation Interface Diffusion limit Asymptotic preserving Uniform numerical convergence X Y-geometry.

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