From particle cascade simulations (FLUKA) to finite element heat transfer and structural deformation analyses (ANSYS)

Particle cascade simulations coupled with subsequent finite element thermal and mechanical calculations are an advanced, extremely useful, and sometimes the only available and reliable tool for solving practical as well as general engineering problems related to design and construction of accelerator components. The FLUKA Monte Carlo code and the ANSYS Finite Element system are extensively used by us for this purpose. In this paper we discuss physical assumptions made when using these programmes, modes of their applications, and their interface. Successful application of their mainframe for estimating spatial distributions and time evolution of temperatures and stresses in the accelerator domain are shown as examples : for the LHC and SPS beam dumps, and for the neutrino target at the SPS.