IAEA1395 XNWLUP.

XNWLUP, Graphical user interface to plot WIMS-D library multigroup cross sections

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM, COMPUTER, DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION, METHODS, RESTRICTIONS, TYPICAL RUNNING TIME, FEATURES, AUXILIARIES, STATUS, REFERENCES, HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS, LANGUAGE, SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS, OTHER RESTRICTIONS, NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS, MATERIAL, CATEGORIES

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1. NAME OR DESIGNATION OF PROGRAM: XnWlup.

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2. COMPUTERS

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Program name	Package id	Status	Status date
XNWLUP3.0	IAEA1395/05	Tested	08-NOV-2005

Machines used:

Package ID	Orig. computer	Test computer
IAEA1395/05	PC Windows	PC Windows

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3. DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM OR FUNCTION

XnWlup is a computer program with user-friendly graphical interface to help the users of WIMS-D library to enable quick visualisation of the plots of the energy dependence of the multigroup cross sections of any nuclide of interest. This software enables the user to generate and view the histogram of 69 multi-group cross sections as a function of neutron energy under Microsoft Windows environment. This software is designed using Microsoft Visual C++ and Microsoft Foundation Classes Library.

IAEA1395/05

New features of version 3.0:
- Plotting absorption and fission cross sections of resonant nuclide after applying the self-shielding cross section.
- Plotting the data of Resonant Integral table, as a function of dilution cross section for a selected temperature and for a given energy group.
- Plotting the data of Resonant Integral table, as a function of temperature for a selected background dilution cross section and for a given energy group.
- Clearing all the graphs except one graph from the display screen is easily done by using a tool bar button.
- Displaying the coordinate of the cursor point with appropriate units.

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4. METHODS

XnWlup helps to obtain histogram plots of the values of cross section data of an element/isotope available as 69-group WIMS-D library as a function of energy bins.

The software XnWlup is developed with this graphical user interface in order to help those users who frequently refer to the WIMS-D library cross section data of neutron-nuclear reactions. The software also helps to produce handbook of WIMS-D cross sections.

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5. RESTRICTIONS ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROBLEM

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6. TYPICAL RUNNING TIME: Interactive code.

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7. UNUSUAL FEATURES

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8. RELATED OR AUXILIARY PROGRAMS

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9. STATUS

Package ID	Status date	Status
IAEA1395/05	08-NOV-2005	Tested at NEADB

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10. REFERENCES

- T. K. Thiyagarajan, S.Ganesan, V.Jagannathan, R. Karthikeyan:
A Computer Program with Graphical User Interface to Plot the Multigroup Cross Sections of WIMS-D Library
Annals of Nuclear Energy 29, 1735-1745 (2002)

IAEA1395/05, included references:

- T.K. Thiyagarajan, V. Jagannathan and S. Ganesan:
XnWlup3.0 : An updated version of XnWlup software with options to
inter-compare temperature and dilution dependent self-shielded cross sections
of resonant nuclides in WIMS-D libraries (January 2005)
- T. K. Thiyagarajan, S.Ganesan, V.Jagannathan, R. Karthikeyan:
User Manual for XnWlup2.0, A Software to Visualize Nuclear Data for Thermal
Reactors in WIMS-D Libraries
Report:BARC/2002/E-026
- T.K. Thiyagarajan, S. Ganesan, V. Jagannathan, R. Karthikeyan:
Generation of handbook of multi-group cross sections of WIMS-D libraries
by using the XnWlup2.0 software
Annals of Nuclear Energy 30 (2003) 793-809

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11. HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS: About 135 MB of diskspace are required.

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This version was tested at the NEA Data Bank on a Dell Workstation PWS650, XEON, 2.66 GHz.

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12. PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(S) USED

Package ID	Computer language
IAEA1395/05	C++

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13. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

Microsoft Internet Explorer is required to view the on-line help.

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This version was tested at the NEA Data Bank under Windows XP Pro.

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14. OTHER PROGRAMMING OR OPERATING INFORMATION OR RESTRICTIONS

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15. NAME AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORS

S. Ganesan, T. K. Thiyagarajan(+), V.Jagannathan:
Reactor Physics design Division
5th Floor, Central Complex
(+)Laser and Plasma Technology Division
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
TROMBAY, MUMBAI-400 085
INDIA

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16. MATERIAL AVAILABLE

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XnWlup3.exe Setup
Data libraries
XnWlup3.chm Online help
Documentation in Word and PDF formats

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17. CATEGORIES

N. Subsidiary Calculations

Keywords: cross sections, interfaces, plotting.