iRIC-MI Characteristics (cont)
• No limit on multiple-core usage by individual models or
overall
• XML for defining model inputs/outputs and coupling
scheme (invisible to user, but makes new model inclusion
straightforward)
• Any coordinate system: structured (including non-
orthogonal, multigrid, etc) and unstructured (holes, local
resolution, any element shape)
• Coupling for global values, boundary conditions, and/or
individual grid nodes, faces, or cells