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http://dx.doi.org/10.5516/NET.2007.39.3.207

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)
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Nuclear Engineering and Technology / v.39, no.3, 2007 , pp. 207-214 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Monte Carlo; Transport Effect; Heat Conduction; MCNP; Scaling Factor; Boundary Correction; PBMR;
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