Simple Transport Tables

The following example illustrates the input needed to form simple transport tables.
  TEST 1 -- MATERIAL ORDERED TABLES
  0  1  0  1  1  1  0  3  0  0
  30  2  34  0  0  3  1  6  1  1
  CARBON  TUNGST  U-235
  * */
  1  1  CNAT/
  2  1  W182  .263/
  2  1  W183  .143/
  2  1  W184  .307/
  2  1  W186  .286/
  3  1  U235/
  HEAT
  1  HEAT  1.602E-19/ CONVERTED TO JOULE-BARNS
  STOP
The cross sections will be read from a file named MATXS, and the neutron tables will be printed and written onto a file named CARD as 6E12 cards in material ordering. Fission will be steady state, and the BHS transport correction will be used. Because two tables are requested (P0 and P1), the BHS correction will be derived from the P2 data on the library. The table length of 34 is enough to accommodate all 30 groups, the three standard edits ($\sigma_a$, $\bar{\nu}\sigma_f$, $\sigma_t$), and one special edit. There are no upscatter positions or thermal groups requested. Three output materials are defined with the names given. Note that these names are independent of the isotopes on the library and will only be used to label the output and to name the materials on the output file CARD. The materials lie in a region with temperature 300 K (by default) and a blank name, but ``region'' has no other significance here in the absence of an input flux or self-shielding. The six mix instructions use default values for simplicity. This table works as follows: The material HMIX is multiplied by DENS (default=1.) and added into mixture IMIX. The names used for HMIX must correspond exactly to material names on the MATXS library. The use of atom fractions for DENS in mix 2 produces the correct microscopic cross sections for natural tungsten. Later examples will show how to generate mixed macroscopic cross sections. The response edit ``HEAT'' is intended to give nuclear heating in watts/cm$^3$ when folded with a flux in a transport code. The table works just like the mix table. The cross section HEDNAM from the MATXS library is multiplied by EDFACT and added into position JEDPOS. The EDFACT shown here converts KERMA factors from eV-barns to Joule-barns. Just as for material names, the reaction names (e.g., HEAT) for HEDNAM must correspond to names on the library, but the edit name (e.g., HEAT) is only used for labeling the output. The last card is read as the title for the next case, but ``STOP'' has the special meaning of ending the run. The meaning of these input parameters may be clarified by the partial listings of the OUTPUT and CARD files here.

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