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Comparison of dose estimates using the buildup-factor method and a baryon transport code (bryntrn) with monte carlo results
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Wilson, John W. Nealy, John E. Shinn, Judy L. Cucinotta, Francis A. |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | Continuing efforts toward validating the buildup factor method and the BRYNTRN code, which use the deterministic approach in solving radiation transport problems and are the candidate engineering tools in space radiation shielding analyses, are presented. A simplified theory of proton buildup factors assuming no neutron coupling is derived to verify a previously chosen form for parameterizing the dose conversion factor that includes the secondary particle buildup effect. Estimates of dose in tissue made by the two deterministic approaches and the Monte Carlo method are intercompared for cases with various thicknesses of shields and various types of proton spectra. The results are found to be in reasonable agreement but with some overestimation by the buildup factor method when the effect of neutron production in the shield is significant. Future improvement to include neutron coupling in the buildup factor theory is suggested to alleviate this shortcoming. Impressive agreement for individual components of doses, such as those from the secondaries and heavy particle recoils, are obtained between BRYNTRN and Monte Carlo results. |
| File Size | 810631 |
| Page Count | 32 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19900019974 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5s808q18 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Radiation Protons Particle Production Neutrons Radiation Shielding High Energy Interactions Extraterrestrial Radiation Health Physics Monte Carlo Method Estimates Radiation Dosage Computer Programs Radiation Transport Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |