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Porting a coarse-mesh neutron diffusion code on a Cray T3D massively parallel computer

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High-Performance Computing and Networking (HPCN-Europe 1995)

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A coarse-mesh code for time-dependent multigroup neutron diffusion calculations has been implemented on a Cray-T3D massively parallel machine. The algorithm, based on a Alternative Direction Implicit method is well adapted for two different parallelization schemes. The code parallelization and the first results of the simulation for a classical nuclear engineering benchmark problem are here presented.

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  1. CINECA, Interuniversity Computing Center, via Magnanelli 6/3 - Casalecchio di Reno, I-40033, Bologna, Italy

    G. Erbacci

  2. CRAY Research S.r.l, via Vivaio 11, Milano, Italy

    R. Ansaloni

  3. Dipartimento di Costruzioni Meccaniche e Nucleari, Università di Pisa, via Diotisalvi 2, I-56016, Pisa, Italy

    B. Montagnini

  4. Laboratorio di Ingegneria Nucleare di Montecuccolino, Università di Bologna, via del Colli 16, I-40136, Bologna, Italy

    R. Scardovelli, M. Sumini & D. Zardini

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  1. G. Erbacci
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Erbacci, G., Ansaloni, R., Montagnini, B., Scardovelli, R., Sumini, M., Zardini, D. (1995). Porting a coarse-mesh neutron diffusion code on a Cray T3D massively parallel computer. In: Hertzberger, B., Serazzi, G. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 919. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0046647

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