Predictive Modeling Applied to a Spent Fuel Dissolver Model—I: Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 183 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
James J. Peltz ◽  
Dan G. Cacuci
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Predictive Modeling ◽  
Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Spent Fuel ◽  
Adjoint Sensitivity

scholarly journals The nth-Order Comprehensive Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis Methodology for Response-Coupled Forward/Adjoint Linear Systems (nth-CASAM-L): II. Illustrative Application

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (24) ◽  
pp. 8315
Author(s):  
Dan Gabriel Cacuci
Keyword(s):  
Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Closed Form ◽  
Linear Systems ◽  
Predictive Modeling ◽  
Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis ◽  
Adjoint Sensitivity ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
Illustrative Application

This work illustrates the application of the nth-order comprehensive adjoint sensitivity analysis methodology for response-coupled forward/adjoint linear systems (abbreviated as “nth-CASAM-L”) to a paradigm model that describes the transmission of particles (neutrons and/or photons) through homogenized materials, as encountered in radiation protection and shielding. The first-, second-, and third-order sensitivities of responses that depend on both the forward and adjoint particle fluxes are obtained exactly, in closed-form, underscoring the principles and methodology underlying the nth-CASAM-L. The results presented in this work underscore the fundamentally important role of the nth-CASAM-L in the quest to overcome the “curse of dimensionality” in sensitivity analysis, uncertainty quantification and predictive modeling.

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