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. Installation
  • 1.1. Prerequisites
  • 1.2. Preparing a Virtual Environment
  • 1.3. Getting the code
  • 1.4. Optional Setup
• 2. Inputs
  • 2.1. The Settings Input File
  • 2.2. The Blueprints Input File
  • 2.3. Fuel Management Input
  • 2.4. Settings Report
• 3. Outputs
  • 3.1. The Standard Output
  • 3.2. The Database File
• 4. Accessing Data in ARMI
  • 4.1. Settings and State Variables
  • 4.2. Accessing Some Interesting Info
• 5. Reactor Parameters
• 6. Core Parameters
• 7. Assembly Parameters
• 8. Block Parameters
• 9. Physics Coupling
  • 9.1. Loose Coupling
  • 9.2. Tight Coupling
• 10. Radial and Axial Expansion and Contraction
  • 10.1. Thermal Expansion
  • 10.2. Radial Expansion
  • 10.3. Axial Expansion
• 11. Accessing Entry Points
  • 11.1. Reports Entry Point