h-Refinement for simple corner balance scheme of SN transport equation on distorted meshes

- A h-refinement for SCB scheme of Sn transfer equation is presented.
- An adaptive transfer algorithm based on the hybrid mesh is constructed.
- The transfer sweeping deadlock issue due to concave cell is solved.

The transport sweep algorithm is a common method for solving discrete ordinate transport equation, but it breaks down once a concave cell appears in spatial meshes. To deal with this issue a local h-refinement for simple corner balance (SCB) scheme of SN transport equation on arbitrary quadrilateral meshes is presented in this paper by using a new subcell partition. It follows that a hybrid mesh with both triangle and quadrilateral cells is generated, and the geometric quality of these cells improves, especially it is ensured that all cells become convex. Combining with the original SCB scheme, an adaptive transfer algorithm based on the hybrid mesh is constructed. Numerical experiments are presented to verify the utility and accuracy of the new algorithm, especially for some application problems such as radiation transport coupled with Lagrangian hydrodynamic flow. The results show that it performs well on extremely distorted meshes with concave cells, on which the original SCB scheme does not work.