Development of Workbench Programs for CUPID1.7 Code

The CUPID1.7 code input is based on the text mode and not only needs pre-processing for grid generation but also post-processing for visualization of calculation results. Therefore, the integrated platform is required to deal with a series of work from pre-processing to post-processing in the manner of a graphical user interface (GUI). With the upgraded of CUPID1.6 to CUPID1.7, the workbench program was developed. Using the CUPID1.7 workbench, users conveniently perform a series of work for CUPID1.7 calculation from the pre-process to the post-process. Because the current version of CUPID1.7 workbench has some functional restrictions according to the hardware, OS, and problems, continuous updates will be conducted through the feedback from users groups. A component-scale thermal hydraulic analysis code, CUPID 1.7 (Component Unstructured Program for Interfacial Dynamics 1.7), was recently distributed in an upgraded version. The most noticeable change of the CUPID1.7 compared to CUPID1.6 is that a parallel calculation based on the Message Passing Interface (MPI) is supported. In addition, the workbench program for the CUPID1.7 (CUPID1.7 workbench) was developed