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A Start on a V&V and SQA Bibliography

Here is a start on a bibliography for V&V and SQA books and articles.

Roache, Verification and Validation in Computational Science and Engineering, Hermosa Publishers, Albuquerque, NM, 1998.

ANSI N45.2-1977. Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Nuclear Facility, 1977.

American Nuclear Society, “Guidelines for the Verification and Validation of Scientific and Engineering Computer Programs for the Nuclear Industry”, American Nuclear Society, ANSI/ANS-10.4-1987, 1987.

Code of Federal Regulations, CFR Title 10, Part 50, Appendix B of the Code of Federal Regulations. Quality Assurance Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants and Fuel Reprocessing Plants.

Federal Aviation Administration, “System Design Analysis”, Federal Aviation Administration, Advisory Circular 25.1309-1A, Washington, DC, 1988.

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, “Quality Assurance for Safety-Related Software at Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facilities”, Technical Report DNFSB/TECH-25, January 2000.

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Letter from John T. Conway (Chairman, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board) to Spencer Abraham (Secretary of Energy) dated 23 September 2002. http://www.dnfsb.gov/pub_docs/dnfsb rec_2002_01.pdf.

P. J. Roache, K. N. Ghia and F. M. White, “Editorial Policy Statement on the Control of Numerical Accuracy”, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 108, No. 1, p. 2, 1986.

C. J. Freitas, “The End of Justification, the Beginning of Implementation”, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 115, No. 2, p. 339-340, 1993.

C. J. Freitas, “Editorial Policy Statement on the Control of Numerical Accuracy”, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 117, No. 1, p. 9, 1995.

P. J. Roache, “Need for Control of Numerical Accuracy”, AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 98-102, 1990.

AIAA, Editorial Policy Statement on Numerical Accuracy and Experimental Uncertainty, AIAA Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1, p. 3, 1994.

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Guide for the Verification and Validation of Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations, AIAA-G-077-1998, Reston, VA, 1998.

Editorial Board, “Journal of Heat Transfer Editorial Policy Statement on Numerical Accuracy”, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 116, pp. 797-798, 1994.

P. M. Gresho and C. Taylor, “Editorial”, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 19, p. iii, 1994.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Council on Codes and Standards, Board on Performance Test Codes #60, Committee on Verification and Validation in Computational Solid Mechanics.

United States Department of Defense, Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO), “Verification, Validation, and Accreditationâ€?.

United States Department of Defense, Defense Modeling and Simulation Office, “Verification, Validation, and Accreditation (VV&A) Recommended Practices Guide”, Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering,.

IEEE, “IEEE Standard Dictionary of Electrical and Electronics Terms”, ANSI/IEEE Standard 100-1984, New York, 1984.

IEEE, “IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology”, IEEE Standard 610.12-1990, New York, 1991.

International Standards Organization, “ISO 9000-3: Quality Management and Quality Assurance Standards – Part 3: Guidelines for the Application of ISO 9001 to the Development, Supply and Maintenance of Software”, International Standards Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, 1991.

P. J. Roache, “Quantification of Uncertainty in Computational Fluid Dynamics”, in Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 29, J.L. Lumley and M. Van Dyke Eds. Annual Reviews, Inc., Palo Alto, CA, pp. 126-160, 1997.

P. J. Roache, and P. M. Knupp, “Completed Richardson Extrapolation”, Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 9, pp. 365-374, 1993.

P. J. Roache, “Perspective: A Method for Uniform Reporting of Grid Refinement Studies”, ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 116, pp. 405-413, 1994.

P. J. Roache, “Verification of Codes and Calculations”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 696-702, 1998.

P. J. Roache, “Code Verification by the Method of Manufactured Solutions”, Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 114, No. 1, pp. 4-10, 2002.

W. L. Oberkampf, “A Proposed Framework for Computational Fluid Dynamics Code Calibration/Validation”, AIAA Paper No. 94-2540, 18th AIAA Aerospace Ground Testing Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, 1994.

W. L. Oberkampf, “Bibliography for Verification and Validation in Computational Simulation”, Sandia National Laboratories Report, SAND98-2041, 1998.

T. G. Trucano, M. Pilch, and W. L. Oberkampf, “General Concepts for Experimental Validation of ASCI Code Applications”, Sandia National Laboratories Report SAND2002-0341, 2002.

W. L. Oberkampf, S. M. DeLand, B. M. Rutherford, K. V. Diegert, and K. F. Alvin, “Estimation of Total Uncertainty in Computational Simulation”, Sandia National Laboratories Report SAND2000-0824, 2000.

W. L. Oberkampf, T. G. Trucano, and C. Hirsch, “Verification, Validation, and Predictive Capability in Computational Engineering and Physics”, Sandia National Laboratories Report SAND 2003-3769, 2003.

E. D. Hughes and Brent Boyack, “TRAC-P Validation Test Matrix”, Los Alamos National Laboratory Report LA-UR-97-3990, 1997.

B. E. Boyack, M. Straka, and L. W. Ward, “TRAC-M Validation Test Matrix”, Los Alamos National Laboratory Report LA-UR-99-6330, 2001.

W. L. Oberkampf, F. G. Blottner, and D. P. Aeschliman, “Methodology for Computational Fluid Dynamics Code Verification/Validation”, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AMA Paper No. 95- 2226, 26th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, San Diego, CA, 1995.

K. Salari and P. Knupp, “Code Verification by the Method of Manufactured Solutions”, Sandia National Laboratory Report SAND2000-1444, 2000.

B. E. Boyack, I. Catton, R. B. Duffey, P. Griffith, K. R. Katsma, G. S. Lellouche, S. Levy, U. S. Rohatgi, G. E. Wilson, W. Wulff, and N. Zuber, “Quantifying Reactor Safety Margins Part 1: An Overview of the Code Scaling, Applicability, and Uncertainty Evaluation Methodology”, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 119, pp 1-15, 1990.

G. E. Wilson, B. E. Boyack, I. Catton, R. B. Duffey, P. Griffith, K. R. Katsma, G. S. Lellouche, S. Levy, U. S. Rohatgi, W. Wulff, and N. Zuber, “Quantifying Reactor Safety Margins Part 2: Characterization of Important Contributors to Uncertainty”, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 119, pp. 17-31, 1990.

W. Wulff, B. E. Boyack, I. Catton, R. B. Duffey, P. Griffith, K. R. Katsma, G. S. Lellouche, S. Levy, U. S. Rohatgi, G. E. Wilson, and Zuber, N., “Quantifying Reactor Safety Margins Part 3: Assessment and Ranging of Parameters”, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 119, pp. 33-65, 1990.

Oberkampf, William L., Timothy G. Trucano, “Design of and Comparison with Verification and Validation Benchmarks,” Conference Paper, The International Workshop “The Benchmarking of CFD Codes for Application to Nuclear Reactor Safety,” Munich, Germany, September 5-7, 2006, September 2006.

Oberkampf, William L., Timothy G. Trucano, “Verification and Validation Benchmarks,” SAND Report, February 2007.

Trucano, Timothy, William Oberkampf, Martin Pilch, “Remarks on Verification Test Suites,” Presentation, ASC V&V Workshop, Los Alamos, January 9-12, 2007, January 2007.

Trucano, Timothy G, William L Oberkampf, Martin Pilch, “Verification and Validation,” Presentation, CSRI Workshop “Numerical PDEs in the 21st century,” April 20-22, 2006; Albuquerque, New Mexico, May 2006.

Trucano, Timothy G, Laura P Swiler, Takera Igusa, William L Oberkampf, Martin Pilch, “Calibration, validation, and sensitivity analysis: What’s what,” Journal Article, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 91, No. 1-4, pp. 1331–1357, Accepted/Published July 2006.

Trucano, Timothy G., Laura P. Swiler, Tak Igusa, William L. Oberkampf, Martin Pilch, “Calibration, Validation, and Sensitivity Analysis: What_s What,”Journal Article, Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Submitted November 2004.

Trucano, Timothy G., Douglass E. Post, Martin Pilch, William L. Oberkampf, “Software Engineering Intersections with Verification and Validation (V&V) of High Performance Computational Science Software: Some Observations,” White Paper, June 2005.

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