Accelerator systems optimizing code

Many accelerator applications need a flexible, rapid, and accurate systems analysis tool capable of performing beamline and subsystem plant optimizations. This paper describes a systems code that has been developed to model ion accelerator systems and perform design evaluation and system level trade studies. The code uses a series of FORTRAN modules incorporated into a graphical user interface (GUI) that constructs the accelerator in a window on a computer screen. The studies provide overall systems level performance and subsystem requirements within the context of a fully integrated device. The code allows for system optimization based on global system parameters, individual element parameters, cost, footprint, or other design constraints. The code has been applied to possible Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) and Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility (FMIF) design concepts. Algorithms used, flow charts showing the code logic, and examples of code applications will be given.