2008:10 User’s manual for Ecolego Toolbox and the Discretization Block

The CLIMB modelling team (Catchment LInked Models of radiological effects in the Biosphere) was instituted in 2004 to provide SSI with an independent modelling capability when reviewing SKB’s assessment of long-term safety for a geological repository. Modelling in CLIMB covers all aspects of performance assessment (PA) from near-field releases to radiological consequences in the surface environment. Software used to implement assessment models has been developed within the project.

The software comprises a toolbox based on the commercial packages Matlab and Simulink used to solve compartment based differential equation systems, but with an added user friendly graphical interface. This report documents the new simulation toolbox and a newly developed Discretisation Block, which is a powerful tool for solving problems involving a network of compartments in two dimensions.