R-Z Geometry Discrete Ordinates Radiation Transport Using Higher-Order Finite Element Spatial Discretizations on Meshes with Curved Surfaces. Issue 3 (16th April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Woods, Douglas N.; Palmer, Todd S.
• Is Part Of: Journal of computational and theoretical transport. Volume 48:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 109
• Page End: 128
• Publication Date: 2019-04-16
• Subjects: Radiation transport -- high-order finite elements -- meshes with curved surfaces; Transport theory -- Periodicals; Statistical physics -- Periodicals; Statistical physics; Transport theory; Periodicals; 530.138
• DOI: 10.1080/23324309.2019.1615510
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2332-4309

Abstract

Abstract: We spatially discretize the discrete ordinates radiation transport equation using high-order discontinuous Galerkin finite elements in R-Z geometry. Previous research has demonstrated first-order methods have 2nd-order spatial convergence rates in R-Z geometry. Presently, we demonstrate that higher-order (HO) methods preserve the p + 1 convergence rates on smooth solutions, where p is the finite element order. Further, we extend the use of HO finite element methods to utilize meshes with curved surfaces. We also demonstrate that meshes with curved surfaces do not degrade the observed spatial convergence rates. Finally, we exercise the methodology on a highly diffusive and scattering problem with alternating incident boundaries to show that both HO methods and mesh refinement reduce the negative scalar fluxes that result from oscillations.