General Rules

Some general rules for ADPRES inputs:

  1. Input deck is in free-format form with maximum 200 columns
  2. Comments are marked by !. Example: 
    ! COMPOSITION 1
0.20574  0.00654  0.00415  0.00415  1.0  0.0  0.01462  !Group 1
0.68866  0.04850  0.06099  0.06099  0.0  0.0  0.00000  !Group 2
  3. ADPRES input is modular, where it is broken into several cards. Cards’ keywords shall be uppercase and marked by %. Example: 
    %MODE
FORWARD
%XSEC    ! Cross section card                                                                                                                                  
2 4      ! Number of groups and number of materials
...
...
%GEOM    ! Geometry card
12 12 2  !nx, ny, nz
...
...
  4. Numbers can be repeated using * mark. For example 
    10.0 8*20.0  !is equivalent to  10.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.0

Card Description

ADPRES has several input cards. Card is a keyword marked with %. Each card can be placed arbitrarily in the input deck. Two cards are mandatory for any problems, while the rest are optional and conditional depend on the nature problem being solved. The description of input for each card is explained in this subsection. Following table lists all cards used in ADPRES. You can click each cards to get their description

No. Cards Description Remark
1. %MODE Calculation mode Mandatory
2. %GEOM Geometry of the problem Mandatory
3. %XSEC Cross Sections Conditional
4. %CASE Problem case Optional
5. %ESRC Extra source Conditional
7. %ITER Iteration Control Optional
8. %PRNT Output print control Optional
9. %ADF Assembly Discontinuity Factor Optional
10. %CROD Control rods Conditional
11. %EJCT Control rods ejection and/or insertion Conditional
12. %FTEM Fuel temperature input card Conditional
13. %MTEM Moderator/Coolant temperature input card Conditional
14. %CDEN Coolant density input card Conditional
15. %BCON Boron concentration input card Conditional
16. %CBCS Critical boron concentration input card Conditional
17. %THER TH input card Conditional
18. %XTAB XSEC library for branch calculations Conditional
19. %KERN Nodal kernel options Optional
20. %EXTR Exponential flux transformation option card for transient problem Optional
21. %THET Used to set theta value for transient problem Optional