armi.bookkeeping.snapshotInterface module

Controls points during a calculation where snapshots will be triggered, signaling more detailed treatments.

Snapshots are user-defined cycle/timenode points where something special is to be done. What in particular is done is dependent on the case settings and the collection of active plugins

At the very basic level, third-party code input files are dumped out and stored in special snapshot folders at these times. This can be useful when you are sharing third-party input files with another party (e.g. for review or collaboration).
You may want to run extra long-running physics simulations only at a few time points (e.g. BOL, EOL). This is useful for detailed transient analysis, or other follow-on analysis.

Snapshots can be requested through the settings: dumpSnapshot and/or defaultSnapshots.

armi.bookkeeping.snapshotInterface.describeInterfaces(cs)[source]: Function for exposing interface(s) to other code.

class armi.bookkeeping.snapshotInterface.SnapshotInterface(r, cs)[source]

Bases: Interface

Snapshot managerial interface.

Construct an interface.

The r and cs arguments are required, but may be None, where appropriate for the specific Interface implementation.

Parameters:

r (Reactor) – A reactor to attach to
cs (Settings) – Settings object to use

Raises:

RuntimeError – Interfaces derived from Interface must define their name

name: Optional[str] = 'snapshot': The name of the interface. This is undefined for the base class, and must be overridden by any concrete class that extends this one.

interactBOL()[source]: Active the default snapshots at BOL.

interactEveryNode(cycle, node)[source]: Call the snapshot interface to copy files at each node, if requested.

interactCoupled(iteration)[source]: Call the snapshot interface to copy files for coupled iterations, if requested.

activateDefaultSnapshots()[source]: Figure out and assign some default snapshots (BOL, MOL, EOL).

armi.bookkeeping.snapshotInterface.extractCycleNodeFromStamp(stamp)[source]

Returns cycle and node from a CCCNNN stamp.