DASSH documentation

This repository contains the public documentation for DASSH, which currently includes the DASSH Theory Manual and User Guide. Additional documents, such as reports covering verification and validation, may be added in the future.

Citing DASSH

If you use DASSH in your research, please consider citing the following conference paper, the theory manual, or the user guide.

• Milos Atz, Micheal A. Smith, Florent Heidet. “DASSH software for ducted assembly thermal hydraulics calculations – overview and benchmark”. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 123 pp. 1673-1676 (2020). URL.
• Milos Atz, Micheal A. Smith, Florent Heidet, "Ducted Assembly Steady State Heat Transfer Software (DASSH) - Theory Manual", ANL/NSE-21/33, Argonne National Laboratory, 2021. URL.
• Milos Atz, Micheal A. Smith, Florent Heidet, "Ducted Assembly Steady State Heat Transfer Software (DASSH) - User Guide", ANL/NSE-21/34, Argonne National Laboratory, 2021. URL.

Reporting errors

If you notice errors in the DASSH documentation, please notify the authors by either opening an issue on GitHub or by sending an email to matz[at]anl[dot]gov.

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge Dr. Ling Zou (ANL), Dr. Nicolas Martin (INL), and Dr. Dillon Shaver (ANL) for their careful reviews and helpful feedback on DASSH documentation.

These documents have been created by UChicago Argonne, LLC, Operator of Argonne National Laboratory (“Argonne”). Argonne National Laboratory’s work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy under contract DE-AC02-06CH11357. The work reported in these documents is the result of ongoing efforts supporting the Versatile Test Reactor.