On the stability of the Discrete Generalized Multigroup method

This paper investigates the stability of the recondensation procedure of the Discrete Generalized Multigroup method and proposes alternatives to improve stability of the original formulation. Instabilities are shown to happen when employing a simple Picard fixed point iteration and an ill-informed g...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gibson, Nathan A., Forget, Benoit, Gibson, Nathan Andrew, Forget, Benoit Robert Yves
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108026
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7717-0364
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1459-7672