Delta- and surface-tracking
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This a brief description on the delta-tracking based transport routine used in Serpent. The original delta-tracking algorithm was introduced by Woodcock in 1965[1]
Contents
Transport algorithm in Monte Carlo simulation
Surface- and delta-tracking
Hybrid method used in Serpent
Advantages and limitations
References
- ^ Woodcock, E. R., Murphy, T., Hemmings, P. J., and Longworth, T. C. (1965) "Techniques used in the GEM code for Monte Carlo neutronics calculations in reactors and other systems of complex geometry." ANL-7050, Argonne National Laboratory, 1965.