-------Changelog-------- [only official releases] 18.03.2024 URANOS version 1.25 Changelog: - Added material: contaminated plant mixture (with boron content from settings for soil #18): material layer code 42, voxel code 249 - Bugfix for island preset - Bugfix for B11 cross section - Bugfix for angle setting in detectorBatchRun2 03.03.2024 URANOS version 1.24 Changelog: - Added option for exponential scaling of air humidity in the air column 07.02.2024 URANOS version 1.23 Changelog: - Bugfix for absorption cross section calculation in soil 22.01.2024 URANOS version 1.21 Changelog: - Issue warning for incompatible ROOT version - replace deprecated file system access methods 21.01.2024 URANOS version 1.20 Changelog: - URANOS 64bit version released for Windows with ROOT 6.30.02+ - bugfix in tracking unit and ENDF conversion unit for angular coefficients - material added 06.11.2023 URANOS version 1.19 Changelog: - URANOS 64bit version released for Windows. This version requires now ROOT 6.28.06+ - code restructuring for updated environment - added command line parameter for manual file name scheme. - added higher resolved output data options 07.08.2023 URANOS version 1.16 Changelog: - added high resolution output options for neutron density maps in the thermal and selected energy range 25.06.2023 URANOS version 1.15 Changelog: - added option to enable or disable the angular response function when using the physics model 17.05.2023 URANOS version 1.14 Changelog: - minor code restructuring - bugfix for scoring if the vertical cylinder virtual detector is off-center 03.05.2023 URANOS version 1.13 Changelog: - improved labels in uranos.cfg - added option to manually change the seed of the random generator in the uranos.cfg - minor fixes in the GUI - fixed high res output for command line 30.04.2023 URANOS version 1.12 Changelog: - option for changing the thermal sensitivity to the response function of a bare counter (in Detector tab) 06.04.2023 URANOS version 1.12alpha Changelog: - update for Nix builds - added high resolution track mode for 1500 pixels 12.03.2023 URANOS version 1.11 Changelog: - code restructuring for URANOS builds and various cleanups - small GUI adjustments - added plattform information in uranos.cfg - fixed issue #15 from the GitHub repository - ENDF data base updates 27.02.2023 URANOS version 1.10 Changelog: - fixed porosity declaration in uranos.cfg - fixed issues for input and output files 11.02.2023 URANOS version 1.09 Changelog: - bugfixes for layer control and high res track output 08.02.2023 URANOS version 1.08 Changelog: - use command line parameter "tnw" to activate the custom source configuration panel - (hidden option, prototype) Additional detector layers: use material code to 500 + material code to declare the respective layer also as detector layer - (hidden option, tnw mode): in the enlarged view ("+" symbol) the source can be place by right clicking into the view area 24.01.2023 URANOS version 1.07 Changelog: - bugfixes for GUI and computation - bugfixes for the cross sections 17.01.2023 URANOS version 1.06 (withdrawn) Changelog: - bugfixes for the cross sections - improved performance 15.01.2023 URANOS version 1.05b Changelog: - bugfixes - improved performance for the GUI data display 04.01.2023 URANOS version 1.05 Changelog: - bugfixes - added material: 231 = Polyvinyl chloride (1.45 g/cm^3) 02.01.2023 URANOS version 1.04 Changelog: - additional high resolution track output added - URANOS CentOS 7 64bit version release with QT 5.9.7 and ROOT 6.22.08. 30.12.2022 URANOS version 1.03 Changelog: - URANOS Linux version release. - URANOS has currently been tested on Ubuntu 20 with QT 5.12.8 and ROOT 6.22.08. - Compiled binaries are now available for Ubuntu 20, probably more to come. For running under Linux, please also update the ENDF data. 26.12.2022 URANOS version 1.02 Changelog: - bugfixes for command line options 05.12.2022 URANOS version 1.01 Changelog: - bugfixes - updated QCustomPlot to version 2.1.1 22.09.2022 URANOS version 1.00 beta Changelog: - bugfixes 24.05.2022 URANOS version 1.00 alpha With version 1.0 we changed the program architecture to more recent versions of compilers and dependencies and along that preparing the Linux release. Installation: - Visual Studio 2019 community. Install with the development option "C++ application" (approx. 7 GB). Unfortunately, this installation is required to run ROOT 6. Link: https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=visual%20studio%202019&wt.mc_id=o~msft~vscom~older-downloads - ROOT (MSI Installer provided on the website, approx. 100 MB) 6.22.08 (a virus scan warning might appear here). Link: https://root.cern/download/root_v6.22.08.win32.vc16.exe (In case you do not need to run older versions of URANOS it is recommended to uninstall ROOT before installing the new version) Backward incompatible changes: - due to the change in the high energy model, the intensity might scale differently in absolute numbers compared to v0.99. Changelog: - "Save Configuration" button added. 19.12.2021 URANOS version 0.99 omega 24 Changelog: - real simulation time displayed - added material: 248 tree (with variable cellulose/water fraction) - smaller bugfixes 11.04.2021 URANOS version 0.99 omega 23 Changelog: - bugfixes in the tracking unit - neutron transport time is recorded - subsurface scatterings can optionally be recorded - material added #38: TNT (1.654 g/cm^3) Backward incompatible changes: - time (mus) parameter added to neutron detector layer and neutron track output files - material number added to neutron track output files 20.03.2021 URANOS version 0.99 omega 21 Changelog: - added elements: Titanium and Potassium (ENDF update required) - added material: 18 = soil with additional content (in 1e-6 g/m^3) of Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Sodium, Potassium, Titanium, Manganese, Iron, Gadolinium 30.01.2021 URANOS version 0.99 omega 20 Changelog: - the entire detector layer can act as a virtual detector for hit and track output - added material: 19 = soil with additional boron content in 1e-6 g/m^3 01.06.2020 URANOS version 0.99 omega 17 Changelog: - minor GUI modifications and bugfixes - added option to take an ASCII defined input spectrum formatted like the energy response function file - added element: Lead (ENDF update required) - added material: 237 = Lead (11.34 g/cm^3) 26.05.2020 URANOS version 0.99 omega 16 Changelog: - Added option to export detector layer hit data as previously per virtual detector hits 19.05.2020 URANOS version 0.99 omega 15 Changelog: - Bugfix for density plot (some neutrons were counted twice) 07.05.2020 URANOS version 0.99 omega 14 Changelog: - Range View now shows Q63 and Q86 footprints as well as near-field contributions 08.04.2020 URANOS version 0.99 omega 12 Changelog: - detector voxels now have higher priority than the user-defined detector - experimental option for use of a second user defined detector response function (top and bottom side) 19.11.2019 URANOS version 0.99 omega 10 Changelog: - minor GUI modifications and bugfixes - option for a user defined detector response function activated. The response file requires two tab-separated columns Energy [MeV] Efficiency Energies should be scaled logarithmically and the efficiency is internally scaled to a maximum of 1. backward incompatible changes: - air humidity scaling in uranos.cfg changed to g/m^3 (before relative to system) - detector response file option line added 05.09.2019 URANOS version 0.99 omega 7 Changelog: - minor GUI modifications - added option: reflective and periodic boundaries 16.08.2019 URANOS version 0.99 omega 6 Changelog: - minor GUI modifications and bugfixes (detector distance calculation) 07.08.2019 URANOS version 0.99 omega 3 Changelog: - minor GUI modifications and bugfixes - added element: Manganese (ENDF update required) - added material: 236 = Graphite (2.2 g/cm^3) 22.07.2019 URANOS version 0.99 omega Changelog: - added element identifier to track export option - changed coordinate export to meters - bugfixes - adapted quartz bulk density to 2.5 g/cm^3 18.07.2019 URANOS version 0.99 psi 2 Changelog: - GUI modifications - added all track export option - bugfixes (Tracking unit) 17.07.2019 URANOS version 0.99 psi Changelog: - some GUI modifications - added option to change the computational domain independent of the neutron kill domain - added detector neutron track export option - bugfixes (Detector absorbing swap in .cfg) - command line ASCII logo 09.07.2019 URANOS version 0.99 chi Changelog: - Added new material: Diesel fuel - Bugfixes (progress bar and detector scoring) 27.05.2019 URANOS version 0.99 phi2 Changelog: - First contact with soil now not defined by the ground layer. The interface crossing is defined as the first interaction with a non-air material. - Command line progess bar implemented 27.04.2019 URANOS version 0.99 phi Changelog: - Porosity map: The voxel definition map is now split into a material definition map, a density multiplier map and a soil porosity map. The porosity definition values require an additional "p" in the file name, like "1p.png" and sets, if soil, the porosity of the actual layer material to 0.01...1.00 Vol% in steps of 0.01 for the 8bit values 1...100. - some bugfixes - updated Material Codes list - minor GUI adaptations 25.04.2019 URANOS version 0.99 ypsilon Changelog: - Backward incompatible changes: The voxel definition map is now split into a material definition map and a density multiplicator map. The density multiplicators, which were until the actual version integrated into the material definition map are removed. The new density multiplicator map requires an additional "d" in the file name, like "1d.png" and multiplies the density of the actual layer material by a factor of 0.01...2.00 in steps of 0.01 for the 8bit values 1...200 and from 2...50 in steps of 1 for the values 202...250. - Updated MaterialCodes list - minor GUI adaptations 28.01.2019 URANOS version 0.99 tau Changelog: - bugfixes and changes in the high energy transport model (requires updated ENDF Libraries) 22.01.2019 URANOS version 0.99 sigma Changelog: - Refined settings for cutoff rigidity and moved slider back to main tab - some changes in the thermal scattering calculations 02.01.2019 URANOS version 0.99 rho Changelog: - Implemented the new spectrum including angular distributions from Sato 2016. It is necessary to use it in combination the high energy cascade model. The Sato 2016 spectrum requires a set of parameters, which can be found in the ENDF.zip file and have to be placed in the ENDF folder. - Bugfix for some high energy cross sections like Argon (Update of ENDF Libs necessary) 13.12.2018 URANOS version 0.99 xi Changelog: - Neutron attenuation length in the high-energy model adjusted to 150 g/cm^2 - Bugfix for the material processing units (not all values were set back to default after leaving a matrix-defined layer) - Minor GUI changes - Added a detector layer counter 01.12.2018 URANOS version 0.99 nu Changelog: - Bugfix for angular calculations (tracking and detector) - Bugfix for detector incoming angle calculation - Minor code restructuring - Minor GUI changes - Restructured histogram output for the advanced ROOT output - Updated export options - New virtual detectors: x- and y-plane sheets - Virtual detector neutron counter added - Updated list of material codes - Added Material Definitions for - Plant Gas (30 kg/m^3) with Air - Plant Gas (20 kg/m^3) with Air - Plant Gas (15 kg/m^3) with Air - Plant Gas (11 kg/m^3) with Air - Plant Gas (8 kg/m^3) with Air - Plant Gas (5 kg/m^3) with Air 25.11.2018 URANOS version 0.99 lambda2 Changelog: - High resolution track maps with 1000 x 1000 pixels are now also exported as csv data - Changed tree gas back to 3 kg/m^3 (was 0.3 kg/m^3 before) 23.08.2018 URANOS version 0.99 lambda Changelog: - Bugfix for the tracking unit, which led to too short vertical distance calculations in case of high entropy matrix patterns 17.08.2018 URANOS version 0.99 kappa Changelog: - Bugfix for the batch run with the -noGUI parameter: URANOS now terminates the executable after the run - Track view with a logarithmic energy color code option 19.07.2018 URANOS version 0.99 iota Changelog: - Bugfix for material definition by density multiplicator introduced in v0.99 eta - Updated list of material codes 01.07.2018 URANOS version 0.99 theta Changelog: - Minor changes in the code structure - Upgrade to QCustomPlot 2.0.1 including adaptation to backward incompatible changes 27.04.2018 URANOS version 0.99 eta Changelog: - Bugfix for the track display - Bugfix for the detector voxel tracking - Density correction for HDPE (0.98->0.95) - New Feature: Detect wrong material codes in layer maps 20.02.2018 URANOS version 0.99 zeta Changelog: - Bugfix for the inelastic cross section selection for Argon - Bugfix for the thermal cross section selection for Nitrogen - Bugfix for Detector Origin Map - Major Update on cross sections (ENDF library) - Added New Elements: - Na, Cl-35, Cr-52, Cr-53, Ni-58 - Updated Material Codes - Added new materials: - Salt - Salt Water - Stainless Steel - Changed Snow/Ice and detector Layer Override Material Codes - Added Auto Clear Option - Fixed a bug in the detector view 12.02.2018 URANOS version 0.99 epsilon Changelog: - Bugfix for the voxel tracking unit - Improvements for computational speed - Added 'auto refresh rate' option, which sets the refresh rate to a specific time (instead of #neutrons) - Added a 'clear (graphs) every x neutrons' option - Minor GUI und export changes 10.02.2018 URANOS version 0.99delta Changelog: - Bugfix for import/export from .cfg (soil moisture and data export settings) 05.02.2018 URANOS version 0.99gamma Changelog: - Added a downward acceptance angle to the downward scotoma angle - Minor changes in the config file, config file is now incompatible to the previous version - Fixed an issue leading to allocating too much memory for large input matrices (>1000 px), 5000 x 5000 now possible 30.01.2018 URANOS version 0.99beta Changelog: - Tuning of the High Energy Cascade Model - Tuning of the thermal model - Minor GUI changes - Minor changes in the config file - Steering file controlled Batch Run implemented, usage with the noGUI parameter and the config file path: UranosGUI.exe noGUI path/to/Uranos.cfg 04.01.2018 URANOS version 0.99alpha - New Enlarged View for Visualization (for screen resolutions of 1000px and more in height) - New "+" Button for the Enlarged View - Bugfix for the realistic detector model (was shifted too much to lower energies) 25.12.2017 URANOS version 0.99z - New Detector View Tab - Detector Tab displays Neutron Origins - Detector Tab displays in a given range the relative fraction of neutron origins on a checkerboard pattern - Detector Origin Map and Detector Origin Map data can be exported - GUI adaptations - Bug fix for the pause button (stops neutron time counter now as well) - Uranos.cfg now exports nearly all options available in the GUI - Comments on parameters in Uranos.cfg added 10.12.2017 URANOS version 0.99y - Speed improvements for position calculation - Bug fixes in the tracking routine - Bug fix for the density factor option (material codes) - Main routine partially restructured - Tuning for the high energy propagation model for neutron energies > 20 MeV - Included, but not activated: vertical profiling 19.10.2017 URANOS version 0.99v - GUI improvements with one tab now presenting model insights (Range Function and Spectra) - Minor GUI improvements and more status messages during a Run - Bug fixes in the realistic detector model - New Source Type: Volume Source for the Cosmic Spectrum which extends down to the ground, instead of on source layer (experimental) - New high energy propagation model for neutron energies > 20 MeV 04.08.2017 URANOS version 0.99q - Minor GUI improvements - First version of a realistic detector model implemented (for now a general 'average' model for CRS1000, CRS1000B and the Rover) 01.08.2017 URANOS version 0.99p - Minor GUI improvements - Two detector types now available: Spherical and Vertical Cylinder - Fixed Bug: detector tracking algorithm confusion when detector Radius much larger than detector layer height 26.07.2017 URANOS version 0.99o - Added Material Definitions for - Methane (v0.99n) - Fixed Bug: Detector Position Input mask did not accept negative values (now allowed) 22.06.2017 URANOS version 0.99k - Modification: density scaling factor of 1 now allowed (previously min:2) - Minor memory improvements for histograms 23.05.2017 URANOS version 0.99j - Added Material Definitions for Gadolinium Oxide Boron Trifluoride - Minor GUI improvements (Button Arrangements, Layer collision warning now indicates the layer number) 14.05.2017 URANOS version 0.99h - Added Material Definitions for Snow with densities 0.03, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5 g/cm^3 Ice 20.02.2017 URANOS version 0.99 - Bugfixes for Track View - Material based scoring - Batch Run improved 14.02.2017 URANOS version 0.98 - Bugfixes - Added Material Definitions for 225: HDPE 226: Aluminum - New Feature: Neutron Track View (in the Detector Layer) Draws and exports the track density instead of point density (relevant for 'small scale' analysis) 14.10.2016 URANOS version 0.97 - bugfix for material definitions for concrete and stones - more settings saved in .cfg (more settings are kept) - current cfg saved with export data - neutrons (<20MeV) are cut if they are more than 500m away from the domain borders - maximum number of scatterings increases to 300 - some runtime graphs (non-live, non-output) only filled if rootoutput enabled