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Analysis of Finite Difference Approximation in a Discrete Ordinates Transport Equation in One-Dimensional Plane Geometry

V. Sundararaman, R. Vaidyanathan

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 86 / Number 3 / March 1984 / Pages 326-331

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE84-A17562

Spatial discretization errors in some of the recently proposed interpolation schemes are obtained directly by explicit solution of the “exact” and approximate equations in S2 approximation. The analysis considers the effect of scattering and corresponds to the infinite iteration limit.