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A MONTE CARLO METHOD FOR SOLVING HEAT CONDUCTION PROBLEMS WITH COMPLICATED GEOMETRY

  • Shentu, Jun (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Yun, Sung-Hwan (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Cho, Nam-Zin (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
  • Published : 2007.06.30
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Abstract

A new Monte Carlo method for solving heat conduction problems is developed in this study. Differing from other Monte Carlo methods, it is a transport approximation to the heat diffusion process. The method is meshless and thus can treat problems with complicated geometry easily. To minimize the boundary effect, a scaling factor is introduced and its effect is analyzed. A set of problems, particularly the heat transfer in the fuel sphere of PBMR, is calculated by this method and the solutions are compared with those of an analytical approach.

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