RSICC DATA PACKAGE MIS-004

 

1.   NAME AND TITLE OF DATA LIBRARY

ANL-BPB:  Argonne National Laboratory Code Center: Benchmark Problem Book.

 

2.   NAME AND TITLE OF DATA RETRIEVAL PROGRAMS

Adobe Acrobat Reader can be used to access the files in Portable Data Format (.pdf).

 

3.   CONTRIBUTOR

Argonne National Laboratory and American Nuclear Society through the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency  Data Bank, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.

 

4.   HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION

This book is an outgrowth of activities of the Benchmark Problem Committee of the Mathematics and Computation Division of the American Nuclear Society. After much discussion and consideration of sample benchmark problems, the committee decided to restrict this first publication to a specific area which encompasses a major portion of reactor physics computations.

This electronic version of the report was prepared in the framework of the OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency project on the International Reactor Physics Benchmark Experiments (IRPhE) in order to facilitate access to the information. The work was carried out with the help of DOE/OSTI. The electronic version is dated July 2002 and is distributed by the NEA Data Bank with package identifier NEA-1657/02.

 

5.   APPLICATION OF THE DATA

This collection contains benchmark problems relating to numerical determination of space, time, angle, or energy distribution of particles in an assembly. The primary objective is to provide reliable solutions to diverse problems of varying complexity. This book should thus serve as a source-book of solutions to mathematically well-defined problems for which either analytical or very accurate approximate solutions are known. Secondary objectives are:

1. To assist in evaluation of specific computer programs.

2. To facilitate comparison of specific computers.

3. To provide standard test problems for use in verifying transmitted programs.

4. To aid in the assessment of sensitivity to, and accuracy of, physical parameters.

5. To provide target problems useful in the development of

numerical-solution techniques or methods of error analysis.

 

6.   SOURCE AND SCOPE OF DATA

Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, USA.

Benchmark Problem Committee Members:

R. Blaine (AI)

R. Froehlich (GGA)

H. Greenspan (ANL)

K. Lathrop (GGA)

W. Turner (KAPL)

D. Vondy (ORNL)

E. Wachspress (KAPL), Chairman

 

7.   DISCUSSION OF THE DATA RETRIEVAL PROGRAM

Adobe Acrobat Reader can be used to access the files in Portable Data Format (.pdf).

 

8.   DATA FORMAT AND COMPUTER

PDF format; many computers (M00004MNYCP00).

 

9.   TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

Not applicable.

 

10.  REFERENCES

      Argonne Code Center: Benchmark Problem Book: Numerical Determination of the Space, Time, Angle, or Energy Distribution of Particles in an Assembly Prepared by the Benchmark Problem Committee of the Mathematics and Computation Division of the American Nuclear Society, ANL-7416 (TID-4500) Mathematics and Computers, AEC Research and Development Report, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois (February 1968). The electronic version was completed July 2002.

 

11.   CONTENTS OF LIBRARY

ANL-BPB is transmitted in a self-extracting, compressed Windows file. The package is comprised of these 5 files in PDF format with background text.

ANL-7416, Argonne Code Center: Benchmark Problem Book: Numerical Determination of the Space, Time, Angle, or Energy Distribution of Particles in an Assembly (February 1968).

ANL-7416 (Suppl.1), Argonne Code Center: Benchmark Problem Book (Dec. 1972).

ANL-7416 (Suppl.2), Argonne Code Center: Benchmark Problem Book (June 1977).

ANL-7416 (Suppl.3) National Energy Software Center: Benchmark Problem Book (Dec. 1985).

ANL-7416 (Suppl. 3 Add.), National Energy Software Center: Benchmark Problem Book.

 

12.  DATE OF ABSTRACT

February 2007.

 

KEYWORDS:   BENCHMARK PROBLEM CROSS SECTIONS; BENCHMARK NEUTRON  FIELDS; DATABASE; REACTOR PHYSICS