MIFT: GIFT Combinatorial Geometry Input to VCS Code

Abstract

A module of the radiation transport code Vehicle Code System (VCS) called MORSE was modified to accept the GIFT combinatorial geometry package. GIFT, as opposed to the geometry package previously used in MORSE, allows an expanded set of simple descriptor bodies. These additional bodies will simplify the task of developing a mathematical description of a combat vehicle and may allow the use of models previously prepared for conventional vulnerability analyses. The new VCS module named MORSE with GIFT (MIFT) has computer running times comparable to MORSE but with geometry storage requirements less by almost a factor of two for the cases studied. Two versions of MIFT are described: the first, similar to MORSE, allows variation of all input parameters while the second has a simplified, but limited, input.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA037898

Entities

People

  • Albert E. Rainis
  • Ralph E. Rexroad

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Vehicles
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Computers
  • Gamma Rays
  • Geometry
  • Instructions
  • Manuals
  • Materials
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Shielding
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Random Walk
  • Shielding
  • Two Dimensional
  • User Manuals

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.