Re: [fluka-discuss]: USRBIN Rotation

From: Mikhail Polkovnikov <pmk_at_ihep.ru>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 23:43:26 +0300

On 14.04.2016 20:25, Yuri Simeonov wrote:
> Dear Mikhail,
>
> thanks for your answer! I used your .inp file for some simulations.
>
> Somehow I was thinking that if I rotate my whole set up (particle
> direction, water phantom and USRBIN ) with the same angle around the
> same point I will get the same results independent of the rotation
> angle (This is what I need, is this possible in FLUKA at all?), but
> this is not the case (see the attached Pictures).
> Apparently I misunderstand the whole concept of rotation in this case?
>
> Regards
> Yuri
>
>
> 2016-04-13 22:10 GMT+02:00 Mikhail Polkovnikov <Михаил Полковников>
> <pmk_at_ihep.ru <mailto:pmk_at_ihep.ru>>:
>
> On 13.04.2016 19:01, Yuri Simeonov wrote:
>
> Dear FLUKA Experts,
>
> I have a very simple test geometry, just scoring the dose from
> H1 primaries in a water phantom (parallel 5cm broad beam
> starting at z=0)
>
> Then I rotated the water phantom (Rotation is apparently
> around the 0,0,0 Origin) and this worked fine.
>
> Then I tried to apply the same rotation to my X-Y-Z USRBIN
> expecting it to also rotate "geometrically". But it seems like
> my USRBIN is staying geometrically on the same place and the
> rotation is applied to the beam particles. Can you confirm this?
>
> My final idea is actually to rotate the primary particles with
> e.g. 5 degrees (around the X axis), apply the same rotation to
> the water phantom and the USRBIN and score exactly the same
> Bragg Peak as if I havn't rotated anything. Is this possible
> at all?
>
> The reason why I want to rotate my whole setup is because I
> have an STL File (triangulated mesh) implemented in Fluka,
> which I don't want to rotate.
>
> Regards
> Yuri
>
>
>
> Dear Yuri,
>
> You have to use ROTPRBIN card to rotate USRBIN. It's the same
> principle when you rotate (transform) bodies in geometry.
>
> Best regards,
> Mikhail
>
>
Dear Yuri,

There was a mistake in source particle direction and position in my
previous rot.inp file. In your case you can try a BEAMAXES card to
rotate source beam reference frame.
The rotation of the USRBIN was correct.

Best regards,
Mikhail







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