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The reliable design of magnetically insulated transmission lines (MITLs) for very high current pulsed power machines must be accomplished in the future by utilizing a variety of sophisticated modeling tools. The complexity of the models required is high and the number of sub-models and approximations large. The potential for significant analyst error using a single tool is large, with possible reliability issues associated with the plasma modeling tools themselves or the chosen approach by the analyst to solve a given problem. We report on a software infrastructure design that provides a workable framework for building self-consistent models and constraining feedback to limit analyst error. The framework and associated tools aid the development of physical intuition, the development of increasingly sophisticated models, and the comparison of performance results. The work lays the computational foundation for designing state-of-the-art pulsed-power experiments. The design and useful features of this environment are described. We discuss the utility of the Git source code management system and a GitLab interface for use in project management that extends beyond software development tasks.

Progress in the manufacturing of ceramics, but also of sintered metals, strongly relies on the evaluation of the density distribution in green bodies. This evaluation is crucial from many points of view, including the calibration of constitutive models for \textit{in-silico} simulation of densification processes. To this end, X-ray tomography and other techniques are possible but can be unmanageable for some institutions. Therefore, a destructive method is introduced in the present article to measure the density field of a green body sample using a CNC mill, an analytical balance, and analysis techniques from the field of computational tomography. A virtual experiment is presented where the method is used to reconstruct a simulated green body density field and is found to satisfactorily correspond to the original solution. The green body density field of a truncated cylinder made of alumina powder is evaluated using this method and the reconstructed field is presented., 7 pages, 7 figures