Elia Merzari

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

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Recent Publications

NEAMS IRP challenge problem 2: Thermal striping of reactor Internals

Baglietto, E., Acierno, J., Manera, A., Nguyen, Q. M., Petrov, V., Pham, M., Wang, Y. J., Jin, Y., Feng, J., Strasser, W., Shaver, D. & Merzari, E., Mar 2025, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 433, 113879.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Application of a Physics-Informed Convolutional Neural Network for Monitoring the Temperature Fields in High-Temperature Gas Reactors

Coppo Leite, V., Merzari, E., Novak, A., Ponciroli, R. & Ibarra, L., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Nuclear Science and Engineering.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

NEAMS IRP challenge problem 3: Mixing in large enclosures and thermal stratification

Manera, A., Iskhakov, A. S., Leite, V. C., Mao, J., Tai, C., Vishwakarma, V., Wiser, R., Nguyen, T., Cummings, C. J., Baglietto, E., Bolotnov, I. A., Dinh, N. T., Hassan, Y., Petrov, V. & Merzari, E., Mar 2025, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 433, 113847.

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Building a multiscale framework: An overview of the NEAMS thermal-hydraulics integrated research project

Merzari, E., Bolotnov, I., Dinh, N., Baglietto, E., Manera, A., Shaver, D. & Hassan, Y., Mar 2025, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 433, 113807.

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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 journalArticlepeer-review

High-Fidelity CFD Simulation of Mixed Convection and Forced Convection in a Pebble Bed Test Reactor Core

Yuan, H., Nguyen, T., Reger, D., Merzari, E., Acierno, J., Seneca, M., Dai, D., Shaver, D., Yau, K. Y., Busco, G., Salpeter, N., Jackson, R. B. & Demarly, E., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Nuclear Technology.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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.

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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.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review