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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Implementation and Verification of the Subgroup Decomposition Method in the TITAN 3-D Deterministic Radiation Transport Code

Roskoff, Nathan J. 04 June 2014 (has links)
The subgroup decomposition method (SDM) has recently been developed as an improvement over the consistent generalized energy condensation theory for treatment of the energy variable in deterministic particle transport problems. By explicitly preserving reaction rates of the fine-group energy structure, the SDM directly couples a consistent coarse-group transport calculation with a set of fixed-source "decomposition sweeps" to provide a fine-group flux spectrum. This paper will outline the implementation of the SDM into the three-dimensional, discrete ordinates (SN) deterministic transport code TITAN. The new version of TITAN, TITAN-SDM, is tested using 1-D and 2-D benchmark problems based on the Japanese designed High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR). In addition to accuracy, this study examines the efficiency of the SDM algorithm in a 3-D SN transport code. / Master of Science
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Consistent energy treatment for radiation transport methods

Douglass, Steven James 30 March 2012 (has links)
A condensed multigroup formulation is developed which maintains direct consistency with the continuous energy or fine-group structure, exhibiting the accuracy of the detailed energy spectrum within the coarse-group calculation. Two methods are then developed which seek to invert the condensation process turning the standard one-way condensation (from fine-group to coarse-group) into the first step of a two-way iterative process. The first method is based on the previously published Generalized Energy Condensation, which established a framework for obtaining the fine-group flux by preserving the flux energy spectrum in orthogonal energy expansion functions, but did not maintain a consistent coarse-group formulation. It is demonstrated that with a consistent extension of the GEC, a cross section recondensation scheme can be used to correct for the spectral core environment error. A more practical and efficient new method is also developed, termed the "Subgroup Decomposition (SGD) Method," which eliminates the need for expansion functions altogether, and allows the fine-group flux to be decomposed from a consistent coarse-group flux with minimal additional computation or memory requirements. In addition, a new whole-core BWR benchmark problem is generated based on operating reactor parameters in 2D and 3D, and a set of 1D benchmark problems is developed for a BWR, PWR, and VHTR core.
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Essais sur l'inégalité et la mobilité / Essays on inequality and mobility

Mornet, Pauline 21 May 2015 (has links)
Cette thèse a pour objet de fournir une méthode d'évaluation simple de l'inégalité et de la mobilité des revenus. Nous utilisons une méthode de décomposition récemment introduite dans la littérature et aujourd'hui connue sous le nom de emph{décomposition faible}, pour analyser la répartition des écarts de revenus entre les individus appartenant à un même sous-groupe et ceux situés dans des sous-groupes distincts. Nous nous intéressons en particulier aux contextes dans lesquels il peut être pertinent de faire appel à un tel outil de décomposition. Nous approfondissons nos recherches en précisant les propriétés normatives des indicateurs compatibles avec le schéma de décomposition faible en sous-groupes. Nous énonçons notamment des principes de transferts intra- et intergroupes afin de fournir des moyens d'actions représentatifs des préférences d'un décideur politique. Les fondements axiomatiques de cette propriété de décomposition en sous-groupes sont également abordés. Des fonctions de pondération plus générale mais néanmoins conformes aux schémas de décomposition en sous-groupes usuels sont introduites. Cette généralisation nous permet de caractériser axiomatiquement des mesures d'inégalité à 2 paramètres que nous qualifions de (alpha,delta)-Gini. Ces 2 paramètres alpha et delta permettent de capter l'ensemble des points de vue politique des décideurs publics (d'extrême gauche à extrême droite). Nous montrons de plus que l'application de la décomposition faible en sous-groupes se généralise aisément à l'étude de la mobilité des revenus. Nous proposons ainsi une adaptation de la propriété de décomposition en sous-groupes dans un cadre bidimensionnel et caractérisons 2 classes de mesures d'inégalité de croissance ajustée et de mouvements de revenus cohérentes avec cette condition. Diverses études empiriques sont également menées afin d'illustrer les différentes notions développées dans cette thèse. / This Ph.D. Dissertation aims at providing accurate and simple tool to evaluate income inequality and mobility. Our work relies on a subgroup decomposition property recently introduced in the literature as the $``$emph{weak decomposition}$"$ to break down total disparities into within-group and between-group disparities. A particular interest is given to the context in which subgroup decomposition can be applied. We introduce within-group and between-group transfer principles that can be modulated according to a decision maker's preferences. The axiomatic basis of the subgroup decomposition property are also dealt with. Some general weighing functions are introduced to caracterize a two-parameters class of inequality measures denoted denoted (alpha,delta)-Gini. The parameters alpha and delta allow capturing the set of decision's maker point of view (from extrem leftist to extreme rightist). Furthermore, we demonstrate the the application of the weak decomposition can easily be extended to income mobility. We propose an adaptation of the subgroup decomposition property to a bimensional framework and we characterize 2 classes of inequality adjusted growth and income movements measures consistent with such a property. Various empirical studies are also carried out to illustrate the various developed concepts.

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