Correctness of the input file

Running and Runtime Errors
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dear fluka users

I am a new fluka user. I intend to do some simulations using radioactive sources. I have started with the beta minus source (I-129) to see the bremsstrahlung effect and how shielding affects it.

I attached the file where there is no shield in place, and I have performed a run. The run finishes ok but it does not show the run time as well as the output afterwards. I129_n0_shield.flair (2.2 KB) .

Please check the correctness of my input file and assist.

Thanks in advance

Mahanyapane M.V.

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Dear @Motlatsi_Vincent,

I managed to run your input and visualize the results without any problem. Could you please explain more what you mean with:

Thanks

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Thanks for the response and I must apologize for not being very clear.

I attache screenshots of what I meant.

Screenshot from 2020-08-17 17-56-27
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Screenshot from 2020-08-17 17-57-06
Screenshot from 2020-08-17 17-57-061366×768 109 KB

I could not visualize the results.

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Dear @Motlatsi_Vincent,

The reason for which you don’t see the time per primary and the other info about time, is the fact that each cycle is very fast, indeed you run only 500 primaries per cycle. Once you increase the number of primaries you’ll see something.
Keep in mind that you can access the information about the time per primary looking in the .err and .out files (the info is printed in both, but I prefer to look in the .err as it is usually quicker to find it as the file is shorter).
There you will see lines like these:

    500                     0                     1             2.8761864E-05         1.0000000E+30                 0

NEXT SEEDS: 8226 0 0 0 0 0 181CD 3039 0 0

The number 2.8761864E-05 is the number of second per primaries.

For what concerns instead the non-visualization of the results, I believe the problem is because you didn’t merge the results. Once the run is finished, in the “Run” tab, you have to click on the icon “Data” and then “Process” the output of the cycles in order to merge them together. Once you do so, in this specific case, you should get four files called:

  I129_n0_shield_51.bnn
  I129_n0_shield_52.trk
  I129_n0_shield_52_tab.lis
  I129_n0_shield_52_sum.lis

You’ll have to select the .bnn file to plot your DOSE scoring.

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thank you so much for your assistance. I am about to do exactly that :slight_smile: