GROUPIE



         GROUPIE - is a code to calculate unshielded group averaged cross sections, Bondarenko self-shielded group averaged cross sections and multiband parameters. This code can be used as a simple and very economical means of obtaining multigroup cross sections, in the ENDF/B format, which can be used in many applications where only multigroup cross sections are required, e.g., DOSIMETRY.

        The first version of SIGMA1 was developed by D.E. Cullen in November 1976, the last one - in January 2007. On our site we present the last version for work on PC under MSDOS (WINDOWS).

        A task input file has to be named GROUPIE.INP, information about process of work this code is registered in report output file GROUPIE .LST, the ENDF formatted input file is not changed, depending on selected option the calculation results may be written:
-- in new ENDF formatted file (unshielded group averaged cross sections);
-- in new file named UNSHIELD.LST (unshielded group averaged cross sections or                                                                                                 resonance integrals);
-- in new file named SHIELD.LST (self-shielded group averaged cross sections);
-- in new file named MULTBAND.LST (multiband parameters);
-- in new computer readable file named MULTBAND.TAB (multiband parameters).

        The requirements to the task input file are presented in the file GROUPIE_TAB.doc.

        GROUPIE_TAB.doc

Line

Column (format)

Explanation of parameters

1

1-11 (²11)

Selection criteria (0=MAT, 1=ZA)

12-22 (I11)

Number of groups:
= >0 - Arbitrary group boundaries are read from task input file (maximum is 1000 groups).
= from 0 to -14 – one of 15 built-in options of group structure, e.g., for SAND-II 640- group structure = -5 (all list see GROUPIE.doc)

23-33 (I11)

Multi-band selector:
= 0 – No multi-band calculations.

= from 1 to 5 – Different versions of multi-band calculations, minimum number of bands will be output for each isotope independently (see GROUPIE.doc).
= from -1 to -5 – Different versions of multi-band calculations, the same number of bands will be output for all isotopes (see GROUPIE.doc).

34-44 (I11)

Number of points used to describe energy dependent weighting spectrum
= -2 – Maxwellian - up to 0.1 eV, 1/E - 0.1 eV to 67 keV, fission - above 67 keV.
= -1 – 1/E
= 0 or 1 – energy independent (so called flat groupie weighting spectrum)
> 0 – reads many points from task input file to describe weighting spectrum.

45-55 (D11.4)

Multi-band convergence criteria
(see GROUPIE.doc).

56-66 (²11)

Sigma-0 definition selector:
< 0 – 21 values of Sigma-0 are read input and interpreted as fixed values = same as = 1 description below
Input values must all be: 1) greater than 0 2) in descending value order.
= 0 – Sigma-0 will be defined as a multiple of the unshielded total cross section in each group (values of 1/1024 to 1024 in steps of a factor of 2 will be used as the multiplier).
= 1 – Sigma-0 will be defined as the same number of barns in each group (values 40000 to 0.4 barns will be used. Within groupie each decade values of 10, 7, 4, 2, 1 barns will be used).

2-4

1-66 (6D11.4)

If Sigma-0 definition selector < 0,
the next 4 lines of input are the 22 values of Sigma-0, 6 per line.

2

1-60 (À60)

ENDF/B input data filename (standard option ENDFB.IN)

3

1-60 (À60)

ENDF/B output data filename (standard option ENDFB.OUT )

4

1-11 (²11)

Self-shielded cross section listing:
= 0 – No output
= 1 – Cross sections (SHIELD.LST)
= 2 – Resonance integrals

12-22 (I11)

Multi-band parameter listing:
= 0 – No output
= 1 – Output ( MULTBAND.LST).

23-33 (I11)

Multi-band parameters computer readable:
= 0 – No output
= 1 – Output ( MULTBAND.TAB).

34-44 (I11)

Unshielded cross sections in ENDF/B format:
= 1 – Histogram format (interpolation law 1).
= 2 – Linear-linear (interpolation law 2).

45-55 (I11)

Unshielded cross sections listing:
= 1 – Cross sections (UNSHIELD.LST).
= 2 – Resonance integrals (UNSHIELD.LST).

56-66 (D11.4)

If the standard built-in spectra is used, input line 1, columns 34-44 = 2, this field can be used to optionally change temperature of the Maxwellian.
= 0 – Use default 0.0253 eV, room temperature.
> 0 – Use this as the temperature restriction - temperature cannot exceed 1000 eV.

5

1-80 (18A4)

Library identification. Any text that the user wishes to identify the multi-band parameters. This library identification is written into the computer readable multi-band data file.

6-N

1 - 6 (²6)

Lower MAT or ZA limit

Up to 100 ranges may be specified, only one range per line.

If the upper MAT limit of any request is less than the low limit it will be set equal to the lower limit.

If the upper MAT limit is still zero it will be set equal to 9999.

If the upper MF or MT limit is zero it will be set to 99 or 999 respectively.

The list of ranges is terminated by a BLANK line.

7 - 8 (²2)

Lower MF

9-11 (²3)

Lower MT

12-17 (²6)

Upper MAT or ZA limit

18-19 (²2)

Upper MF

20-22 (²3)

Upper MT

VARY

1-66 (6D11.4)

Energy group boundaries. Only required if the number of groups indicated on the first input card is positive. All energies must be in ascending energy in ev. The present limits are 1 to 1000 groups. For N groups N+1 boundaries will be read from the task input file.

VARY

1-66 (6D11.4)

Energy dependent weighting spectrum. Only required if the number of points indicated on first line is > 1. Data is given in (energy, weight) pairs, up to 3 pairs per line, using any number of lines required (no limit to number of points). Energies must be in ascending order in eV. The spectrum values must be >0.


        To facilitate the work with RECENT we present the version of task input file GROUPIE.INP (several examples of task input file anybody find in the end of file GROUPIE.DOC).

                                            


   Let RESULT.3 is the ENDF formatted file after processing by the SIGMA1
code. Assuming that we intend to calculate (for all included materials) the 
unshielded cross sections in the ABBN 28 group structure with energy 
independent weighting spectrum. Simultaneously we wish to calculate the 
resonance integrals for these materials (this result is written down  in 
UNSHIELD.LST). Let name of output ENDF formatted file will be RESULT.4. 
Unshielded cross sections in ENDF/B format are presented in histogram 
format (interpolation law 1).  


The asterisks in this example, following below, in input file have to correspond to the blanks. Here they are presented to facilitate the calculation of positions.
********10********20********30********40********50********60********70********80 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890 **********1********-10**********0**********0********0.0**********0 RESULT.3 RESULT.4 **********0**********0**********0**********1**********2 ******************************************************************************** *****0*1**0*99999*3999 ******************************************************************************** 12345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
Running of the code: GROUPIE.EXE.



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