[HTML][HTML] Variational nodal methods for neutron transport: 40 years in review

T Zhang, Z Li - Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The variational nodal method for solving the neutron transport equation has evolved over 40
years. Based on a functional form of the Boltzmann neutron transport equation, the method …

[HTML][HTML] Griffin: A MOOSE-based reactor physics application for multiphysics simulation of advanced nuclear reactors

Y Wang, ZM Prince, H Park, OW Calvin, N Choi… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract Griffin is a Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment (MOOSE) based
reactor physics application for multiphysics simulations of advanced reactor designs jointly …

Neutron transport methods for multiphysics heterogeneous reactor core simulation in Griffin

ZM Prince, JT Hanophy, VM Labouré, Y Wang… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2024 - Elsevier
Griffin is a reactor physics application based on the Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation
Environment (MOOSE). This work discloses the methods, algorithms, and implementation for …

A discrete-ordinates variational nodal method for heterogeneous neutron Boltzmann transport problems

Q Sun, X Liu, X Chai, H He, T Zhang - Computers & Mathematics with …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study introduces an unstructured variational nodal method (UVNM-S N), also
recognized as the hybridized discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) method, for solving …

Rattlesnake theory manual

Y Wang, S Schunert, V Laboure - 2018 - osti.gov
Rattlesnake is the MOOSE [1, 2](Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment)
based application for simulating the physics of radiation transport. Radiation transport …

Hybrid super homogenization and discontinuity factor method for continuous finite element diffusion

V Labouré, Y Wang, J Ortensi, S Schunert… - Annals of Nuclear …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel homogenization equivalence technique aiming to
simultaneously leverage the simplicity of the Super Homogenization (SPH) method to …

An improved variational nodal method for the solution of the three-dimensional steady-state multi-group neutron transport equation

T Zhang, H Wu, L Cao, Y Li - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2018 - Elsevier
An improved variational nodal method is presented for the solution of the three-dimensional
(3D) steady-state multi-group neutron transport equation. The variational functional is …

Performance improvements for the Griffin transport solvers

Y Wang, ZM Prince, JT Hanophy, C Lee, YS Jung… - 2021 - osti.gov
Griffin is a Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment based reactor multiphysics
analysis application jointly developed by Idaho National Laboratory and Argonne National …

Development and implementation of an integral variational nodal method to the hexagonal geometry nuclear reactors

T Zhang, J **ong, L Liu, Z Li, K Zhuang - Annals of Nuclear Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents recent progress of the development and implementation of the integral
transport variational nodal method (VNM) to the neutronics modelling of hexagonal …

Predicting mesoscale spectral thermal conductivity using advanced deterministic phonon transport techniques

JR Harter, TS Palmer, PA Greaney - Advances in heat transfer, 2020 - Elsevier
We present a review, demonstration, and simulation of phonon transport for the purposes of
predicting materials performance at the mesoscale. We focus primarily on the development …