Introduction

VISRAD is a view factor code used to simulate the radiation environment throughout a three-dimensional grid of surface elements. It is commonly used to support the design and analysis of high-power laser and z-pinch laboratory plasma experiments.

VISRAD features a user-friendly graphical interface for setting up 3-D object grids and displaying results. It is capable of simulating the radiative flux (light) and temperature distributions throughout a 3-D surface element mesh.

To get started, please refer to:

• Major features of VISRAD
• Conventions for documentation
• Supported facilities / target chambers
• Brief overview of typical project
• Sample problems
• Supported platforms
• Reporting bugs
• Revision history
• User comments and suggestions

Below is an example screenshot from a VISRAD simulation of a cylindrical hohlraum experiment at OMEGA.