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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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review