University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

MONTE CARLO SIMULATION

NPRE 498MC

Dr. M. Ragheb

Fall 2015

Course Information: NPRE 498MC
Department: Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering
Recommended: Textbook
Credit: 3 credit hours, undergraduates,
4 credit hours, 1 unit for graduate students; with extra term project or paper.

Professor

Taught by: Professor M. Ragheb, Ph. D.

Teaching Evaluations:

Assignments and Teaching Assistants

Assignments will account for 40 percent of the final grade.

Tests

Two midterm tests and one final test are scheduled.

Each will account for 20 percent of the final grade for a total of 60 percent of the final grade.

Calendar for Fall Semester, 2015

Room 225A, Talbot Laboratory

2:00-3:00 pm, MWF

First Midterm	Mon, Oct. 5, during class period.
Second Midterm	Mon, Nov. 9, during class period.
Final examination	Wed. Dec. 16, 1:30-4:30 pm
Labor Day	Mon, Sept. 7 (no classes)
Instruction's beginning	Mon, Aug. 24
Thanksgiving vacation	Sat. Nov. 21- Mon. Nov. 30
Instruction's end	Wed. Dec. 9
Reading day	Th. Dec. 10
Final examinations	Fri Dec. 11 - Fri. Dec. 18

Lecture Notes

MONTE CARLO SIMULATION
Science and Engineering Applications

M. Ragheb

Preface
1. Overview
2. The Buffon Needle Problem: First Monte Carlo Simulation
3. Direct Simulation or Analog Monte Carlo
4. Random Numbers Generation
5. Mathematical Simulation Monte Carlo
6. Potential Theory and Heat Conduction Dirichlet's Problem
7. Mixed Boundary Value Problems
8. Elliptical Partial Differential Equations with Internal Sources
9. Time Dependent Diffusion by Monte Carlo
10. Dynamical Monte Carlo Simulations
11. Monte Carlo Risk and Decision Analysis
12. Sampling Methods
13. Sampling Special Distributions
14. Error Estimation Procedures for Monte Carlo Computations
15. Monte Carlo Variance Reduction Methods
16. Position Dependent and Angular Source Biasing
17. Russian Roulette and Particle Splitting
18. Transport Theory
19. Mathematical Formulation of Particle Transport in Monte Carlo Theory
20. Slowing Down in Hydrogen, or Particle Transmission through a Slab Shield
21. Estimation Methods in Monte Carlo Particle Transport Simulations
22. Statistical Weighting Methods: Treatment of Source, Criticality and External Source Driven Multiplying Systems
23. Monte Carlo Simulation of Fluid Flow
24. Minimum Variance Importance Sampling with Parametric Dependence
25. Variational Stationary Functionals in Monte Carlo Computations

References

APPENDICES:

I. Monte Carlo Simulation of Multigroup Neutron Transport in a Homogeneous Shield code
homogeneous_shield. f90
II. Input data for Multigroup Neutron Transport in a Homogeneous Shield code
input_data.txt
III. Monte Carlo Simulation of One-group Neutron Transport in a Finite Medium code
with Russian Roulette
isotropic_source_finite.f90

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