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Flair (for Fluka)

Preview Mode

This application is still under development and has been made available in preview mode. If you have experience using this program, please try it out and provide any feedback to us so we know how it goes.

Overview

Flair is a user-friendly interface for Monte Carlo code simulations. Primarily, it interfaces with the FLUKA simulation package.

Availability

Cluster Module/Version
BOSE flair/3.3
Also Via OnDemand
BGSC Not Available

How To Access

Access to Flair is done by using the web-based Open OnDemand platform, which lets you access our computing infrastructure using your web brower. It is available as both an interactive app, as well as in Desktop Mode.

Interactive App

  1. Log into Open OnDemand - https://ondemand.hpc.uwec.edu
  2. Click "Flair Desktop" on the dashboard, or by first clicking "Interactive Apps" in the top bar.
  3. Fill out your required resources to the best of your abilities. Unsure what to use?
  4. Wait for the job to start, then click "Launch Flair Desktop"

Your session for Flair will remain operational based on the number of hours you entered in the form. Once the time limit is hit, it'll automatically quit without saving.

Note

If you close out of Flair by clicking the "x" on the application window, or by going to "Project --> Quit Flair", it'll quit the program and require starting the session over again.

Desktop Mode

  1. Log into Open OnDemand - https://ondemand.hpc.uwec.edu
  2. Click "Desktop" on the dashboard, or by first clicking "Interactive Apps" in the top bar.
  3. Fill out your required resources to the best of your abilities. Unsure what to use?
  4. Wait for the job to start, then click "Launch Desktop"
  5. Start the terminal by clicking on the black square icon in the top bar, or by going to Applications --> System Tools --> MATE Terminal"
  6. Type: module load flair
  7. Type: flair

Your Desktop session for RStudio will remain operational based on the number of hours you entered in the form. Once the time limit is hit, it'll automatically quit without saving.

Done using Flair?

To free up resources for other users, we ask that you stop your Flair instance when you are done using the cluster.

  1. In Open OnDemand, click on "My Interactive Sessions"
  2. Find your running Flair Desktop or Desktop and click "Cancel"

Real Example

Has your research group used Flair in a project? Contact the HPC Team and we'd be glad to feature your work.

Citation

Please include the following citation in your papers to support continued development of Fluka and Flair.

Fluka:

C. Ahdida, D. Bozzato, D. Calzolari, F. Cerutti, N. Charitonidis, A. Cimmino, A. Coronetti, G. L. D’Alessandro, A. Donadon Servelle, L. S. Esposito, R. Froeschl, R. García Alía, A. Gerbershagen, S. Gilardoni, D. Horváth, G. Hugo, A. Infantino, V. Kouskoura, A. Lechner, B. Lefebvre, G. Lerner, M. Magistris, A. Manousos, G. Moryc, F. Ogallar Ruiz, F. Pozzi, D. Prelipcean, S. Roesler, R. Rossi, M. Sabaté Gilarte, F. Salvat Pujol, P. Schoofs, V. Stránský, C. Theis, A. Tsinganis, R. Versaci, V. Vlachoudis, A. Waets, M. Widorski, "New Capabilities of the FLUKA Multi-Purpose Code", Frontiers in Physics 9, 788253 (2022).

G. Battistoni, T. Boehlen, F. Cerutti, P.W. Chin, L.S. Esposito, A. Fassò, A. Ferrari, A. Lechner, A. Empl, A. Mairani, A. Mereghetti, P. Garcia Ortega, J. Ranft, S. Roesler, P.R. Sala, V. Vlachoudis, G. Smirnov, "Overview of the FLUKA code", Annals of Nuclear Energy 82, 10-18 (2015).

Flair:

V. Vlachoudis, "FLAIR: A Powerful But User Friendly Graphical Interface For FLUKA", in Proc. Int. Conf. on Mathematics, Computational Methods & Reactor Physics (M&C 2009), Saratoga Springs, New York, 2009.

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