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Training by Visual Editor Consultants |
Small Class Size, A Computer for Every Student, Taught by MCNP Experts, Excellent Training Materials for Future Reference
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Introduction to MCNP Using the MCNP/MCNPX Visual Editor |
Outline of Course Content
United States classes are typically held from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM with an hour for lunch. European classes run from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Below is a detailed description of the class.
Day 1
The first day introduces the user to MCNP and the Visual Editor.
MCNP Topics Covered in Day 1:
Introduction to MCNP
Visualizing MCNP Input Files
Simple Geometries in MCNP
Visual Editor Topics Covered in Day 1:
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| Basic Plotting | Advanced Plotting | Displaying Surfaces | Displaying Cells |
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| Creating a Simple Geometry |
Day 2
The second day adds more advanced geometries with materials.
MCNP Topics Covered in Day 2:
Creating Macrobody Geometries
MCNP Cross sections and materials
Visual Editor Topics Covered in Day 2:
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| Error Recovery | The Surface Wizard | Review | A more advanced Geometry |
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| Using Macrobodies | Using Materials | Cross Section Plots |
Day 3
The third day teaches universes and lattices and criticality applications
MCNP Topics Covered in Day 3:
MCNP transformations and universes
Lattice Geometries
Source
Criticality
Visual Editor Topics Covered in Day 3:
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| Transformations | Universes | Review | Displaying Lattices |
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| Creating Lattices | Running a Lattice KCODE | KCODE |
Day 4
The fourth day teaches the creation and display of sources and tallies.
MCNP Topics Covered in Day 4:
General Source (SDEF)
Tallies
Visual Editor Topics Covered in Day 4:
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| Displaying a Source | Creating a Source | Running MCNP Visual Editor Input files | Making Tally Plots |
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| Output Visualization | More Output Visualization | More Output Visualization |
Day 5
The fifth day teaches importances, cell splitting, and visualization.
Variance Reduction
Collision Plotting
Particle Display
3-D Ray Tracing
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| Importances | Cell Splitting | Particle Track Plotting | Making 3D Plots |