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%CROD Card

If the problems have control rods inserted, users can use this card. This card is mandatory for RODEJECT calculation mode.

%CROD Variable Description Remarks or examples
LINE 1 NB Number of CR banks  
  NSTEP Maximum number of steps  
LINE 2 POS0 Zero step position (cm from bottom)  
  SSIZE step size (cm/step)  
LINE 3 BPOS(1:NB) Control Rod Bank position (step) 0 step means full inserted  
LINE 4 BMAP(1:NX) Control Rod Bank Map Repeat this line NY times (see example the input below)
LINE 5 DISGTR(g) Macroscopic Cross Section changes due to control rods insertion Repeat LINE 5 NG times. And again repeat this input segment NMAT times. This line is not necessary if %XTAB card present
  DSIGA(g)    
  DNUF(g)    
  DSIGF(g)    
  CHI(g)    
  DSIGS(g,1:NG)    

Example:

! CONTROL CARD
%CROD
7    228                            ! Number of CR banks and max number of banks
37.7 1.5942237                      ! Zero step pos. (cm) and cm/step (total 228 steps)
0.   0.  0.  228.   0.   0.  0.     ! CR Bank pos. (0=fully inserted, 228=fully withdrawn)
 1  0  2  0  0  0  3  0  0          ! (LINE 4)
 0  4  0  0  0  6  0  0  0
 2  0  5  0  6  0  6  0  0
 0  0  0  4  0  0  0  0  0
 0  0  6  0  7  0  0  0  0
 0  6  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
 3  0  6  0  0  0  0  0  0
 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
 0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
! CX changes
!  sigtr        siga        nu*sigf        kappa*sigf      sigs_g1   sigs_g2
 3.73220E-03  2.47770E-03  -1.02786E-04  -1.21448E-15  0.0  -3.19253E-03
-2.19926E-02  2.55875E-02  -2.82319E-03  -3.70238E-14  0.0   0.00000E+00    !COMP 1
 3.73220E-03  2.47770E-03  -1.02786E-04  -1.21448E-15  0.0  -3.19253E-03
-2.19926E-02  2.55875E-02  -2.82319E-03  -3.70238E-14  0.0   0.00000E+00    !COMP 2
 3.73220E-03  2.47770E-03  -1.02786E-04  -1.21448E-15  0.0  -3.19253E-03
-2.19926E-02  2.55875E-02  -2.82319E-03  -3.70238E-14  0.0   0.00000E+00    !COMP 3
 3.73220E-03  2.47770E-03  -1.02786E-04  -1.21448E-15  0.0  -3.19253E-03
-2.19926E-02  2.55875E-02  -2.82319E-03  -3.70238E-14  0.0   0.00000E+00    !COMP 4
 3.73220E-03  2.47770E-03  -1.02786E-04  -1.21448E-15  0.0  -3.19253E-03
-2.19926E-02  2.55875E-02  -2.82319E-03  -3.70238E-14  0.0   0.00000E+00    !COMP 5
 3.74092E-03  2.42926E-03  -1.22634E-04  -1.47557E-15  0.0  -3.14239E-03
-1.67503E-02  2.56478E-02  -3.28086E-03  -4.30444E-14  0.0   0.00000E+00    !COMP 6
 3.73220E-03  2.47770E-03  -1.02786E-04  -1.21448E-15  0.0  -3.19253E-03
-2.19926E-02  2.55875E-02  -2.82319E-03  -3.70238E-14  0.0   0.00000E+00    !COMP 7
 3.73220E-03  2.47770E-03  -1.02786E-04  -1.21448E-15  0.0  -3.19253E-03
-2.19926E-02  2.55875E-02  -2.82319E-03  -3.70238E-14  0.0   0.00000E+00    !COMP 8
 3.73220E-03  2.47770E-03  -1.02786E-04  -1.21448E-15  0.0  -3.19253E-03
-2.19926E-02  2.55875E-02  -2.82319E-03  -3.70238E-14  0.0   0.00000E+00    !COMP 9
 3.73220E-03  2.47770E-03  -1.02786E-04  -1.21448E-15  0.0  -3.19253E-03
-2.19926E-02  2.55875E-02  -2.82319E-03  -3.70238E-14  0.0   0.00000E+00    !COMP 10
 3.73220E-03  2.47770E-03  -1.02786E-04  -1.21448E-15  0.0  -3.19253E-03
-2.19926E-02  2.55875E-02  -2.82319E-03  -3.70238E-14  0.0   0.00000E+00    !COMP 11