Re: [fluka-discuss]: STOP INVALID MATERIAL DENSITY

From: Mina Nozar <nozarm_at_triumf.ca>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 11:45:58 -0700

Thank you for clarification Roberto,


Mina


On 2017-07-20 02:41 AM, Versaci Roberto wrote:
>
>
>> You're defining natural Europium as a compound of two isotopes Eu-151
>> and Eu-153 but you're not giving their mass number.
>
> I am not sure what you are referring to here. I am attaching a
> snapshot of the MATERIAL and COMPOUND cards for nat Eu. I was
> missing the mass number for natEu (i.e. 151.96) which I added in after
> your comment. Is this what you were referring to?
>
> What I'm saying is that the Europium definition should look like this
> (or the equivalent flair snippet in attachment):
>
> MATERIAL 63. 5.2227 151.Eu-151
> MATERIAL 63. 5.29195 153.Eu-153
> MATERIAL 63. 5.264 natEu
>
> The atomic number A (i.e. What(6)) were missing from your definitions.
>
>> I also believe that there's a numerical issue with your BEAMAXES card.
> What kind of numerical issue are you referring to? I can't see it.
> I've checked the beam distribution and direction and it is what I
> intended it to be, i.e. the beam is along Z direction with beam Z at
> 22 deg with respect to the geometry X axis. I am attaching a
> snapshot of the BEAMAXES card.
>
> I'm sorry, this was due to a small pre-editing I did on your original
> file to remove all the equations. Therefore, I was left with numerical
> values only (see attachment).
>
>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* owner-fluka-discuss_at_mi.infn.it
>> [owner-fluka-discuss_at_mi.infn.it] on behalf of Mina Nozar
>> [nozarm_at_triumf.ca]
>> *Sent:* 19 July 2017 00:48
>> *To:* Eleftherios Skordis; FLUKA discussion list
>> *Subject:* Re: [fluka-discuss]: STOP INVALID MATERIAL DENSITY
>>
>> Helo Lefteris,
>>
>> I have attached the input file.
>>
>> This is the first time (in six years) I have seen an error like
>> this. I have checked the material definitions for all materials in
>> the card and none is assigned a density of 0.000 as suggested by the
>> error. If the error did actually point to a specific material (by
>> name or number), then I would be able to track it if.
>>
>> Let me know if you need the associated biasing files, etc.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Mina
>>
>>
>> On 2017-07-18 02:22 PM, Eleftherios Skordis wrote:
>>> Hi Mina,
>>>
>>> please send us your input file so we can give you a more customised
>>> answer.
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>> Lefteris
>>>
>>>
>>> -----------------------
>>>
>>> Eleftherios Skordis
>>> Dep. EN/STI, CERN
>>> CH-1211 GENEVA 23
>>> SWITZERLAND
>>>
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>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *From:* Mina Nozar [nozarm_at_triumf.ca]
>>> *Sent:* 18 July 2017 21:30
>>> *To:* Eleftherios Skordis; Vadim Talanov; FLUKA discussion list
>>> *Subject:* [fluka-discuss]: STOP INVALID MATERIAL DENSITY
>>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> I've been trying to track an error in my input file and have been
>>> able to pin point it.
>>>
>>> There seems to be a material that FLUKA is seeing with a density of
>>> 0.00 assigned to it.
>>>
>>> Now, I have neither intentionally set a density of 0.000 to any
>>> material, nor have been able to find a material in my input file
>>> with a typo in the density causing such an error.
>>>
>>> All I see in the error file is the following message, without any
>>> more info. on where FLUKA is seeing an 'invalid material density'.
>>>
>>> *Invalid density 0.000 for material **
>>> **Abort called from PRCHCK reason INVALID MATERIAL DENSITY Run
>>> stopped!**
>>> **STOP INVALID MATERIAL DENSITY*
>>>
>>> So I am wondering how to go about tracking and fixing this bug?
>>>
>>> Any insights would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Mina
>>>
>>>
>>
>



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