Cardinal
Category: Software/Services
Developers: Argonne National Laboratory
Co-Developers: Idaho National Laboratory
United States
Product Description:Cardinal is an open-source simulation software package that accelerates scientific discovery in nuclear fusion and fission energy, delivering state-of-the-art integration of scalable algorithms which enable first-of-a-kind scientific exploration. Cardinal is applicable to neutron transport, fluid flow, heat transfer, thermo-mechanics, and material behavior on platforms ranging from laptops to extreme-scale computers.
Developers: Argonne National Laboratory
Co-Developers: Idaho National Laboratory
United States
Product Description:Cardinal is an open-source simulation software package that accelerates scientific discovery in nuclear fusion and fission energy, delivering state-of-the-art integration of scalable algorithms which enable first-of-a-kind scientific exploration. Cardinal is applicable to neutron transport, fluid flow, heat transfer, thermo-mechanics, and material behavior on platforms ranging from laptops to extreme-scale computers.
Cardinal Applications. Top row: neutron transport, fluid flow, and heat transfer in a gas-cooled microreactor; turbulent flow simulation in the core of a sodium fast reactor. Middle row: neutron transport and turbulent flow simulation in a molten salt reactor; coupled neutron-photon transport and heat conduction in a tritium breeder blanket module from the EU DEMO fusion plant. Bottom row: fluid flow and neutron transport in a high temperature gas reactor; fission heating simulated in a Computer Aided Design (CAD) geometry of a 16-leg reactor; turbulent flow simulation in a pebble bed reactor with 1568 pebbles.