The Sam Houston Home, 41WA46, Huntsville, Walker County, Texas: 1980-1981 Archeological Investigations and Monitoring

Additional archeological investigations and monitoring of restoration activities at the Sam Houston Home in Huntsville, Texas, are described in this report prepared by Jody C. Pevey. The original location of the Law Office was not found, but significant features relating to the Houston Home were discovered. Removal of the e¥isting east chimney and pad revealed the remnants of an earlier brick chimney pad with associated brick hearth supports. The types of bricks, mortar and construction techniques appear to be the same as those noted in a series of exterior and interior brick piers found along the south side of the house. The features are interpreted to represent one or two events associated with the original building episode. The positioning of the piers and chimney pad suggest the present house location is very close to the original position, and that the original rear porch was about 3.6 meters (12 feet) wide. A thorough study of nail hole patterns on the house is needed to test this interpretation, and we suggest this be done before restoration activities result in yet another set of square nail holes which will only add to the confusion currently surrounding the original appearance of the Houston Home. Ms. Pevey has done an excellent job in preparing a concise report of the archeological findings at The Woodlands. We feel it contributes to the resolution of some of the controversies surrounding the much-needed restoration of the Houston Home and Law Office

Development of a hybrid stochastic/deterministic method for transient, three dimensional neutron transport

This research develops an improved methodology (and corresponding code) for solving the time-dependent, 3-d Boltzmann Transport Equation with explicit representation of delayed neutrons. These improvements are incorporated in a modified version of the code TDKENO, entitled TDKENO-M. Specifically, these improvements are: (1) incorporate the improved quasistatic methodology into an existing quasistatic framework, specifically, include the flux shape derivative in the fixed source term instead of being neglected, also, compute the point kinetics parameters deterministically by their inner product definitions; (2) incorporate a hierarchy of three different integration time intervals for the numerical solution of the coupled set of ordinary differential equations, the shape function is assumed to vary linearly over the largest time interval, the second large time interval is used for determining the point kinetics parameters, finally, the smallest time step is used for solving the point kinetics equations; (3) apply TDKENO-M to benchmark problems to determine the accuracy of the method, particularly, TDKENO-M is applied to 1-D and 3-D benchmark problems to evaluate its capabilities; (4) combine input requirements into a single input file so that TDKENO-M is less cumbersome to execute; (5) develop the ability to restart a calculation at an intermediate problem time; and (6) develop a user-friendly manual for using TDKENO-M which describes in detail the input requirements as well as the output files, subroutines, modules, and the calculational flow

A Deterministic Method for Transient, Three-Dimensional Neutron Transport

A deterministic method for solving the time-dependent, three-dimensional Boltzmam transport equation with explicit representation of delayed neutrons has been developed and evaluated. The methodology used in this study for the time variable of the neutron flux is known as the improved quasi-static (IQS) method. The position, energy, and angle-dependent neutron flux is computed deterministically by using the three-dimensional discrete ordinates code TORT. This paper briefly describes the methodology and selected results. The code developed at the University of Tennessee based on this methodology is called TDTORT. TDTORT can be used to model transients involving voided and/or strongly absorbing regions that require transport theory for accuracy. This code can also be used to model either small high-leakage systems, such as space reactors, or asymmetric control rod movements. TDTORT can model step, ramp, step followed by another step, and step followed by ramp type perturbations. It can also model columnwise rod movement can also be modeled. A special case of columnwise rod movement in a three-dimensional model of a boiling water reactor (BWR) with simple adiabatic feedback is also included. TDTORT is verified through several transient one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional benchmark problems. The results show that the transport methodology and corresponding code developed in this work have sufficient accuracy and speed for computing the dynamic behavior of complex multidimensional neutronic systems

A deterministic method for transient, three-dimensional neutron transport

A deterministic method for solving the time-dependent, three-dimensional Boltzmann transport equation with explicit representation of delayed neutrons has been developed and evaluated. The methodology used in this study for the time variable of the neutron flux is known as the improved quasi-static (IQS) method. The position, energy, and angle-dependent neutron flux is computed deterministically by using the three-dimensional discrete ordinates code TORT. This paper briefly describes the methodology and selected results. The code developed at the University of Tennessee based on this methodology is called TDTORT. TDTORT can be used to model transients involving voided and/or strongly absorbing regions that require transport theory for accuracy. This code can also be used to model either small high-leakage systems, such as space reactors, or asymmetric control rod movements. TDTORT can model step, ramp, step followed by another step, and step followed by ramp type perturbations. It can also model columnwise rod movement. A special case of columnwise rod movement in a three-dimensional model of a boiling water reactor (BWR) with simple adiabatic feedback is also included. TDTORT is verified through several transient one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional benchmark problems. The results show that the transport methodology and corresponding code developed in this work have sufficient accuracy and speed for computing the dynamic behavior of complex multi-dimensional neutronic systems

A DETERMINISTIC METHOD FOR TRANSIENT, THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUETRON TRANSPORT

A deterministic method for solving the time-dependent, three-dimensional Boltzmann transport equation with explicit representation of delayed neutrons has been developed and evaluated. The methodology used in this study for the time variable of the neutron flux is known as the improved quasi-static (IQS) method. The position, energy, and angle-dependent neutron flux is computed deterministically by using the three-dimensional discrete ordinates code TORT. This paper briefly describes the methodology and selected results. The code developed at the University of Tennessee based on this methodology is called TDTORT. TDTORT can be used to model transients involving voided and/or strongly absorbing regions that require transport theory for accuracy. This code can also be used to model either small high-leakage systems, such as space reactors, or asymmetric control rod movements. TDTORT can model step, ramp, step followed by another step, and step followed by ramp type perturbations. It can also model columnwise rod movement. A special case of columnwise rod movement in a three-dimensional model of a boiling water reactor (BWR) with simple adiabatic feedback is also included. TDTORT is verified through several transient one-dimensional, two-dimensional, and three-dimensional benchmark problems. The results show that the transport methodology and corresponding code developed in this work have sufficient accuracy and speed for computing the dynamic behavior of complex multi-dimensional neutronic systems