Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 54 / Number 4 / August 1974 / Pages 456-465
Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE74-A23441
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An application of the finite element method to a typical pressurized water reactor configuration is presented. Results of using various coarse-mesh approximations are compared with fine-mesh finite difference calculations. The results indicate that reasonable eigenvalues and reaction rates can be calculated using very coarse meshes.