Elia Merzari

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering

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Recent Publications

A robust spectral element implementation of the k−τ RANS model in Nek5000/NekRS

Tomboulides, A., Saini, N., Shaver, D. R., Obabko, A. V., Yuan, H., Merzari, E. & Fischer, P. F., Mar 2025, In: International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 112, 109679.

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Verification and Validation of Spectral Element Code for Supercritical CO2 Flow in Vertical Heated Tubes

Yuan, H., Nguyen, T., Merzari, E., Shaver, D. & Tomboulides, A., 2025, In: Nuclear Technology. 211, 1, p. 161-183 23 p.

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Development of a Benchmark for Thermal Striping in Gas-Cooled Fast Reactors

Acierno, J., Merzari, E., Burnett, L., Jin, Y., Baglietto, E. & Choi, H., 2024, In: Nuclear Technology. 210, 7, p. 1223-1244 22 p.

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Parametric Study of the CHF Occurrence During RIAs for High Burnup Fuels

Aldeia Machado, L. C., Merzari, E. & Charlot, L., 2024, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 130, 1, p. 1148-1151 4 p.

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Toward development of a low-temperature failure envelope of cases for high-burnup RIAs under PWR operational conditions

Aldeia Machado, L., Nantes, K., Merzari, E., Charlot, L., Motta, A. & Walters, W., Dec 1 2024, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 429, 113642.

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NEAMS IRP challenge problem 1: Flexible modeling for heat transfer for low-to-high Prandtl number fluids for applications in advanced reactors

Bolotnov, I. A., Iskhakov, A. S., Nguyen, T., Tai, C. K., Wiser, R., Baglietto, E., Dinh, N., Shaver, D. & Merzari, E., Nov 2024, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 428, 113467.

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Direct Numerical Simulation of Heat Transfer in a 7-Pin Wire-Wrapped Rod Bundle

Bourdot Dutra, C., Aldeia Machado, L. & Merzari, E., 2024, In: Nuclear Science and Engineering. 198, 7, p. 1439-1454 16 p.

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Evaluation of RANS vs. LES simulation of fluid flow through 3 × 3 rod bundle with a simple spacer grid as a precursor to coupled fluid–structure interaction simulations

Brockmeyer, L., Saini, N., Tentner, A., Fang, J. & Merzari, E., Dec 15 2024, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 430, 113662.

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Code Validation of SAM Using Forced and Natural Circulation Data from NACIE-UP Benchmark

Coppo Leite, V., Merzari, E. & Zou, L., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Nuclear Technology.

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High-Fidelity Simulation of Mixing Phenomena in Large Enclosures

Coppo Leite, V., Merzari, E., Mao, J., Petrov, V. & Manera, A., 2024, In: Nuclear Science and Engineering. 198, 7, p. 1386-1403 18 p.

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Uncertainty Propagation for the Fission Matrix Method for the Molten Salt Fast Reactor

Dalinger, M., Merzari, E., Walters, W. J. & Lee, S., 2024, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 130, 1, p. 1034-1037 4 p.

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High-fidelity simulations of the Flow Instability in an Eccentric Annular Channel

Dutra, C. S. B., Nguyen, T. & Merzari, E., 2024, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 130, 1, p. 1178-1181 4 p.

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Neutronics and Thermal Hydraulics Analysis of the Molten Salt Fast Reactor

Emler, C., Merzari, E., Lee, S. & Walters, W., 2024, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 130, 1, p. 1278-1281 4 p.

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CFD simulations of Molten Salt Fast Reactor core cavity flows

Fang, J., Tano, M., Saini, N., Tomboulides, A., Coppo-Leite, V., Merzari, E., Feng, B. & Shaver, D., Aug 1 2024, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 424, 113294.

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Large-scale Multiphysics Simulations of Small Modular Reactors Operating in Natural Circulation

Fang, J., Shaver, D., Romano, P. & Merzari, E., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Nuclear Technology.

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