Sierra/SolidMechanics for Target Pulse Analysis
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sierra is a Multiphysics engineering simulation software suite developed and maintained by Sandia National Laboratories. Created for nuclear weapon needs, it is available to national laboratories with a foreign national restriction. The STS Target Systems analysis team is interested in using Sierra to perform explicit dynamics simulations of the tantalum clad tungsten target blocks as a response to sudden temperature changes induced by proton beam pulses. The capability already exists with Abaqus|Explicit, however, there are time and cost limitations due to licensing. The following document serves as a “quick-start” guide to the successful setup, simulation, and post-processing of a target model in Sierra on the OZ3 computing cluster at the Spallation Neutron Source.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 2397429
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/TM--2024/3432; S03010000-TRT10000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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