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ORNL–General Atomics partnership on ceramic matrix composites
A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) with the objective of working together on advanced ceramic matrix composite materials for applications in extreme environments. Materials that can withstand extreme temperatures, radiation, corrosion, and mechanical stress are required in aerospace, defense, energy, and other sectors.
According to the agreement, the San Diego–based GA-EMS will use resources from ORNL’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility to develop “scalable, efficient manufacturing techniques for extreme environment materials including precursors, fibers, composites, and coatings utilized in carbon/carbon (C/C), carbon/silicon carbide (C/SiC), and SiC/SiC composite systems.”
Christian Aussourd
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 143 | Number 3 | March 2003 | Pages 281-290
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE03-A2336
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Complementary methods may be used to solve the neutron transport problem. When only a small amount of information is needed, the most efficient method is obviously Monte Carlo. However, when perfect knowledge of the full phase-space is required, it is worth using a deterministic technique. Nevertheless, this memory and CPU time intensive approach may soon overwhelm even the most powerful computer. To deal with these issues, an adapted mesh refinement transport scheme was developed that solely retains active areas of a geometry. The computer code Styx, built on this efficient set of numerical methods, specially designed and tuned to run on such a tree-based topology, is presented. A test case subset, representative of the wide spectrum of multidimensional applications it covers, is then analyzed.