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diff --git a/doc/IGE335/Section2.03.tex b/doc/IGE335/Section2.03.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3f4a189 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/IGE335/Section2.03.tex @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ +\subsection{The DRAGON Modules}\label{sect:DragonModules} + +The code DRAGON has been divided into main calculations sequences to +which is generally associated a single calculation module. The only exception +to this rule is the tracking sequence to which is associated many different +modules, one for each of the standard CP calculation options and an additional +module for diffusion calculations. However, this later module can only be used +indirectly in the edition module of DRAGON. These modules perform the +following tasks: + +\begin{ListeDeDescription}{mmmmmmmm} + +\item[\moc{MAC:}] module used to generate or modify a DRAGON +\dds{macrolib} (see \Sect{DragonDataStructures}) which contains the group ordered +macroscopic cross sections for a series of mixture (see \Sect{MACData}). This +\dds{macrolib} can be either an independent data structure or it can be included +as a substructure in a \dds{microlib}. The spatial location of these mixtures +will be defined using the \moc{GEO:} module (see \Sect{GEOData}). + +\item[\moc{LIB:}] module used to generate or modify a DRAGON +\dds{microlib} (see \Sect{DragonDataStructures}) that can read a number of +different types of microscopic cross-section libraries (see \Sect{LIBData}). Each +such access requires a double interpolation (temperature, dilution) carried out +by a subroutine specifically tailored to each type of library. Currently the +formats DRAGLIB\cite{DragonDataStructures}, WIMS--D4\cite{WIMS-D}, MATXS\cite{MATXS}, WIMS--AECL\cite{WIMS}, +APOLLO\cite{Apollo,Apollo2} and NDAS format\cite{ndas} are supported. After having reconstructed the microscopic +cross sections for each isotope, they are then multiplied by the isotopic +concentrations (particles per $cm^{3}$) and combined in such a way as to produce +an embedded \dds{macrolib} (see \Sect{DragonDataStructures}). The spatial location +of these mixtures will be defined using the \moc{GEO:} module (see +\Sect{GEOData}). + +\item[\moc{GEO:}] module used to generate or modify a +geometry (see \Sect{GEOData}). + +\item[\moc{SYBILT:}] the standard tracking module based on 1D collision +probability or Interface Current technique (see \Sect{TRKData} and \Sect{SYBILData}). + +\item[\moc{EXCELT:}] the standard tracking module for 2D and 3D geometries as well as isolated 2D +cells containing clusters (see \Sect{TRKData} and \Sect{EXCELLData}). + +\item[\moc{NXT:}] the standard tracking module for 2D or 3D assemblies of cluster (see +\Sect{TRKData} and \Sect{NXTData}). + +\item[\moc{SNT:}] the discrete ordinates tracking module (see +\Sect{TRKData} and \Sect{SNData}). + +\item[\moc{MCCGT:}] the tracking module of the open characteristics flux +solver (see \Sect{TRKData} and \Sect{MCCGData}). + +\item[\moc{BIVACT:}] the 1D/2D diffusion and $SP_n$ tracking module (see +\Sect{TRKData} and \Sect{BIVACData}). + +\item[\moc{TRIVAT:}] the 1D/2D/3D diffusion and $SP_n$ tracking module (see +\Sect{TRKData} and \Sect{TRIVACData}). + +\item[\moc{SHI:}] module used to perform self-shielding calculations +based on the generalized Stamm'ler method (see \Sect{SHIData}). + +\item[\moc{TONE:}] module used to perform self-shielding calculations +based on the Tone's method (see \Sect{TONEData}). + +\item[\moc{USS:}] module used to perform self-shielding calculations +based on a subgroup method (see \Sect{USSData}). A method using physical +probability tables (cf. Wims-7 and Helios) and the Ribon extended method +are available. + +\item[\moc{AUTO:}] module used to perform self-shielding calculations +based on the Autosecol method (see \Sect{AUTOData}). + +\item[\moc{ASM:}] module which uses the tracking information to +generate a multigroup response or collision probability matrix (see +\Sect{ASMData}). + +\item[\moc{FLU:}] module which uses inner-iteration approach or +collision probability matrix to solve the transport equation for the fluxes +(see \Sect{FLUData}). Various leakage models are available. + +\item[\moc{EDI:}] editing module (see \Sect{EDIData}). An equivalence method based +on SPH method is available. + +\item[\moc{EVO:}] burnup module (see \Sect{EVOData}). + +\item[\moc{SPH:}] {\sl supermomog\'en\'eisation} (SPH) module (see \Sect{SPHData}). The \moc{SPH:} +module can also be used to extract a \dds{microlib} or \dds{macrolib} from a \dds{multicompo} or \dds{saphyb}. + +\item[\moc{INFO:}] utility to compute number densities for selected isotopes in materials such as +UO$_{2}$ or ThUO$_{2}$ (see \Sect{INFOData}). + +\item[\moc{COMPO:}] multi-parameter reactor database construction module (see +\Sect{COMPOData}). + +\item[\moc{TLM:}] module used to generate a Matlab M-file to obtain a graphics representation of the \moc{NXT:} +tracking lines (see \Sect{TLMData}). + +\item[\moc{M2T:}] interface module for transforming a macrolib into a Trimaran/Tripoli multigroup file (see \Sect{M2TData}). + +\item[\moc{CHAB:}] cross section perturbation module similar to CHABINT (see \Sect{CHABData}). + +\item[\moc{CPO:}] burnup-dependent mono-parameter reactor database construction module (see \Sect{CPOData}). + +\item[\moc{SAP:}] multi-parameter reactor database construction module in SAPHYB format (see \Sect{SAPHYBData}). + +\item[\moc{MPO:}] multi-parameter reactor database construction module in MPO format (see \Sect{MPOData}). + +\item[\moc{MC:}] multigroup Monte-Carlo flux solution module (see \Sect{MCData}). + +\item[\moc{T:}] macrolib transposition operator (see \Sect{TData}). + +\item[\moc{DMAC:}] construction module for a Generalized Perturbation Theory (GPT) source (see \Sect{DMACData}). + +\item[\moc{SENS:}] sensitivity analysis of keff to nuclear data (see \Sect{SENSData}). + +\item[\moc{PSP:}] module to generate PostScript images for 2D geometries that can be tracked using the module +\moc{EXCELT:} or \moc{NXT:} (see \Sect{PSPData}). + +\item[\moc{DUO:}] module to perform a perturbative analysis of two systems using the Clio formula and to determine the origins +of Keff discrepancies (see \Sect{DUOData}). +\end{ListeDeDescription} + +A few modules ({\tt G2S:}, {\tt G2MC:} and {\tt SALT:}) have been introduced in DRAGON Version5 in +order to facilitate the +processing of geometries originating from the Geometry module of SALOME.\cite{salome} +The methods presented in this section have been initially developed at CEA SERMA and +integrated in the TDT code.\cite{tdt,lyioussi} In the course of year 2001, a subset of +these methods have been integrated into a development version of DRAGON under the terms +of its LGPL license as a prototyping exercise of the DESCARTES operation.\cite{salt} + +\vskip 0.08cm + +The track generator {\tt SALT:} is a direct descendent of this prototyping exercise. +Later, we have extracted the 5000 lines of Fortran-90 code responsible for the track +calculation and have rewritten them in a way consistent with the {\tt NXT:} tracking +methodology and with the DRAGON architecture. + +\vskip 0.08cm + +The {\tt SALT:} module can process two types of geometries: +\begin{itemize} +\item {\sl Native geometries} are those defined using the {\tt GEO:} module and transformed into surfacic +geometries using the {\tt G2S:} module. These geometries have many limitations related to their +definition. +\item {\sl Non-native geometries} are surfacic representations based on extensions of the SALOME platform. +A first extension is the SALOMON tool presented in Ref.~\citen{ane15b}. ALAMOS is a more recent tool +available at the Commissariat \`a l'\'Energie Atomique.\cite{alamos} Surfacic geometries produced by +ALAMOS must be converted to the SALOMON format using the {\tt G2S:} module before calling the track +generator {\tt SALT:}. +\end{itemize} |
