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A preconditioned Krylov method for solution of the multi-dimensional, two fluid hydrodynamics equations

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Authors

Downar, Thomas J.; Joo, Han Gyu

Issue Date
2001-08-01
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
Ann. Nucl. Eng. 28, 1251
Keywords
Krylov MethodVIPRE02BILUtwo-fluid
Abstract
A preconditioned Krylov method is introduced for reducing the computational burden in the solution of the multi-dimensional, two fluid hydrodynamics equations. The BILU3D preconditioned BICGSTAB method was applied to the linearized continuity equation in the inner iteration of the fully implicit solution of the mass, energy, and momentum equations in the EPRI code VIPRE-02. A nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics test problem was performed with 104 multi-dimensional flow channels in the vessel. For the simulation of a typical pressurized water Reactor steam line break transient, the overall execution time was reduced by more than 50% compared to the existing solution techniques which utilize stationary alternate direction implicit (ADI) iterative methods for the inner iteration.
ISSN
0306-4549
Language
English
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/8997
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0306-4549(00)00124-9
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