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MolFlow tutorial for KEK colleagues

  • 1st session: May 23rd (Thu) 13:30-15:30 bldg.3, 5F meeting room
  • 2nd session: May 24th (Fri) 10:00-12:00 bldg.3, 5F meeting room
  • 3rd session: May 31st (Fri) 13:30-16:30 (TMP study meeting), bldg.4, 2F lecture room

Please bring your laptop with MolFlow installed, see below.

Effective pumping speed of a NEG pump

During the two-hour training, an introduction is given of Monte Carlo methods for vacuum problems. Then a hands-on exercise follows, with the goal to get the effective (local) pumping speed of a NEG cartridge pump connected to an accelerator. To achieve it, the topics are as follows:

  • Introduction to the interface and camera controls
  • Defining gas source and pump locations
  • Calculate effective pumping speed, based on results
  • Using the formula editor
  • Plotting results: using profiles
  • Creating color maps: using textures
  • Website, forum and how to continue

Preparation

Please download, and try to launch MolFlow itself, and the source files

  • The latest version of Molflow is on this page (choose the binary for your OS)
  • On Windows, just extract the downloaded .zip file to a directory with write permission (i.e. Downloads), and run molflow.exe
    • You might have to accept the security warning that molflow.exe is from an unidentified developer
  • On other OS, you need to install dependencies. In the downloads section of this site, choose instruction for your OS in the left-hand navigation panel

Handout PDF

Intro presentation

Guide to opening Japanese filenames on Windows


Last update: November 20, 2024