User Docs

Here you will learn how to use ARMI. It will cover getting and installing ARMI and its prerequisites, making ARMI input files, running various kinds of ARMI runs, analyzing ARMI output files, etc.

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• 1. Inputs
  • 1.1. YAML Files
  • 1.2. The Settings Input File
  • 1.3. The Blueprints Input File
  • 1.4. Fuel Management Input
• 2. Outputs
  • 2.1. The Standard Output
  • 2.2. The Database File
• 3. Settings Report
• 4. Parameters Report
  • 4.1. Reactor Parameters
  • 4.2. Core Parameters
  • 4.3. Assembly Parameters
  • 4.4. Block Parameters
  • 4.5. Component Parameters
• 5. Accessing Data in ARMI
  • 5.1. Settings and State Variables
  • 5.2. Accessing Some Interesting Info
• 6. Spatial block data
  • 6.1. Sub-block spatial grid
  • 6.2. Interacting with spatial data
  • 6.3. Block rotation
• 7. Physics Coupling
  • 7.1. Loose Coupling
  • 7.2. Tight Coupling
• 8. Accessing Entry Points
  • 8.1. Reports Entry Point
• 9. Radial and Axial Expansion and Contraction
  • 9.1. Thermal Expansion
  • 9.2. Implementation Discussion and Example of Radial and Axial Thermal Expansion
• 10. Symmetry Handling
  • 10.1. Introduction
  • 10.2. Symmetry-Aware Operations
  • 10.3. Parameters Adjusted With Symmetry