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Description
For more than 20 years, FASTRAD® software has been a worldwide reference tool for advanced radiation dose analysis and shielding optimization. It’s permanently developed and optimized to consider the shielding in the most realistic way, allowing users to import their complex model and deal with realistic materials. FASTRAD® software includes numerous modelling, computing and post-processing tools to estimate an accurate dose value on electronic components level. Among these calculation methods, the Monte-Carlo method (Reverse or Forward) is the most accurate one, based on GEANT4 physics, to compute the dose level and other quantities.
We will present the main novelties of the last major version: FASTRAD® 5.0. We will first discuss about new developments on modelling tools, and how to deal with heavy and very complex models. Then, we will tackle some new post-processing tools, such as mapping operations or post-processing of Ray-Tracing calculations. We will also discuss about the new depth-curve calculation module, very useful to study the efficiency of materials. Finally, we will focus on the radiation protection module. Based on Forward Monte-Carlo calculation method, the particles are tracked from space to human tissues and organs. This new module, integrated into FASTRAD®, includes both electromagnetic and hadronic physics (neutron, heavy ions). With some computations, we will illustrate the impact of a shielding on a given mission and on astronauts’ health.