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NEA-1166 MCVIEW. (Abstract last modified 18-JAN-2002)


MCVIEW, 3-D Radiation View Factor by Monte-Carlo Method

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Abstract Table of Contents:

NAME | COMPUTER | PROBLEM | SOLUTION | RESTRICTIONS | CPU | FEATURES | AUXILIARIES | STATUS | REFERENCES | REQUIREMENTS | LANGUAGE | OPERATING SYSTEM | OTHER RESTRICTIONS | AUTHOR | MATERIAL | CATEGORIES |

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM - MCVIEW2.


2. COMPUTER FOR WHICH PROGRAM IS DESIGNED AND OTHER MACHINE VERSION PACKAGES AVAILABLE -

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Explanation of the status codes.

Program-name         Package-ID  Status
MCVIEW               NEA-1166/01 Obsolete
MCVIEW2              NEA-1166/02 Tested

Machines used:
Package-ID     Orig.Computer                       Test Computer
NEA-1166/02    FUJITSU-GS8400,PC Windows           PC Pentium III 500,IBM RISC6000 WS

3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION - MCVIEW analyzes the geometrical view factor between surfaces in three dimensional geometries with or without obstacles for thermal radiation calculation using Monte Carlo method.


4. METHOD OF SOLUTION - Monte Carlo method.


5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM - None.


6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME - 10 seconds on a FUJITSU-GS8400.


7. UNUSUAL FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM - None.


8. RELATED AND AUXILIARY PROGRAMS - None.


9. STATUS
NEA-1166/01: 18-JAN-2002 Obsolete
NEA-1166/02: 18-JAN-2002 Tested at NEADB


10. REFERENCES  - 
- T. Ikushima:
MCVIEW: A Radiation View Factor Computer Program or Three-
Dimensional Geometries Using Monte Carlo Method
JAERI-M 86-177 (1986)
- T. Ikushima:
CASKET: A Computer Code System for Thermal and Structural
Analyses of Radioactive Material Transport and/or Storage
Cask
JAERI-Data/Code 98-018 (1998)
NEA-1166/02:
- T. Ikushima:
  MCVIEW2: A Radiation View Factor Computer Program for Three
  Dimensional Geometries using Monte Carlo Method
  JAERI-Data/Code 95-001 (March 1995)


11. MACHINE REQUIREMENTS - 
FUJITSU-GS8400: 2000 Kbytes of core memory required.
PC: Windows 95/98, a VGA monitor, an Intel 486 or a Pentium or later processor, at least 16 Megabytes RAM and 1 Megabyte of free disk space is recommended.


12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED -
NEA-1166/02: FORTRAN-77 


13. OPERATING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROGRAM IS EXECUTED - 
FUJITSU-GS8400: MSP.


14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS -
FUJISTU-GS8400: The program is approximately 6000 source steps (including data libraries).


15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS -
           Takeshi IKUSHIMA
           Department of Fuel Cycle Safety Research
           Tokai Research Establishment
           Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
           Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken 319-1195
           Japan


16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE -
NEA-1166/02:
MCVIEW2.EXE Executable file
MCVIEW2.FOR Source code
MCVIEW2.DAT Example data
MCVIEW2.LST Example output data
NEA_1166_2.PDF JAERI-Data/Code 95-001 reference in PDF format


17. CATEGORIES  - 

- J.  Gamma Heating and Shield Design


Keywords: MONTE CARLO METHOD, RADIATION HEAT, SHIELDING, THERMAL RADIATION

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