NEA-0151 DANCOFF-3.

DANCOFF-3, Dancoff Correction for Cylindrical Fuel Rod at H2O Gaps and for Fuel Clusters

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, NATURE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVED, METHOD OF SOLUTION, RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, FEATURES, RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS, STATUS, REFERENCES, MACHINE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, OPERATING SYSTEM, OTHER RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: DANCOFF-3.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
DANCOFF-3	NEA-0151/02	Tested	09-MAY-1989

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
NEA-0151/02	IBM 7040	DEC VAX 8810

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3. NATURE OF PHYSICAL PROBLEM SOLVED

Calculation of the Dancoff correction for cylindrical fuel rods in square and hexagonal infinite lattices, for fuel element rods near water gaps, and for fuel rod clusters.

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4. METHOD OF SOLUTION

Evaluation by direct numerical integration over the moderator region.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

For every rod arrangement at most 100 cases with different materials cross- sections.

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

Seconds to minutes, depending on complexity of lattice and number of Dancoff corrections calculated.

NEA-0151/02

NEA-DB ran the test case included in this package on a VAX 8810 computer in about 2 seconds of CPu time.

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES: UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM

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8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS: DANCOFF JR. (ref. 1).

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
NEA-0151/02	09-MAY-1989	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES

- H. Gellings, A. Sauer:
Programmbeschreiburg zu Dancoff JR., IBM 7040, Allgemeine Elektricitaets-Gesellschaft
Report KEA-114 (1963).

NEA-0151/02, included references:

- A. Sauer:
How to Use the Code DANCOFF III
Allgemeine Elektricitaets-Gesellschaft (July 1966)

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11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS: Input and output tapes only.

NEA-0151/02

320K bytes of VAX 8810 main storage.

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
NEA-0151/02	FORTRAN-IV

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13. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: OPERATING SYSTEM OR MONITOR UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED

NEA-0151/02

VMS V5.0-1 (VAX 8810).

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

ANY OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHOR

A. Sauer
                                   AEG - E 3
                                   AEG -Hochhaus
                                   6 Frankfurt, Germany

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

NEA-0151/02

File name	File description	Records
NEA0151_02.001	Information File	61
NEA0151_02.002	DANCOFF-3 Source	347
NEA0151_02.003	DANCOFF-3 Sample Problem Input	71
NEA0151_02.004	DANCOFF-3 Printed Output	64