• Introduction
  • This Project focuses on developing numerical computing methods to solve the Linear Boltzmann Transport Equation (LBTE), an equation too complicated to be solved without computers.
  • LBTE represents the transport of neutrons within a nuclear reactor. Solving this problem reveals the neutron flux, criticality, and power of a nuclear reactor.
  • Developing these codes are necessary to establish an efficient way of optimizing nuclear reactor design and analysis procedure.
• Projects
  • Team members focus on solving the LBTE with efficient and accurate numerical schemes encompassing linear algebra, iterative methods, and differential equations.
  • Projects include:
    • Design and develop a code framework that is capable of solving the LBTE in 1-D and 2-D geometries
    • Develop various spatial, energy, and angular discretization approaches
    • Implement multiple transport acceleration schemes in the framework to improve the code performance efficiency
• VIP Team
  • The VIP team is comprised of passionate, industrious, and solution-oriented undergraduate students.
  • Although the project is challenging, unexperienced students are encouraged to participate and learn the necessary skills along the way.
  • Students are trained in computational methods and physics-based coding; they acquire the understanding and toolset to solve realistic nuclear reactor problems.