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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 journal › Article › peer-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 journal › Article › peer-review
A Study of the Spatially Developing Laminar-Turbulent Transition in Rod Bundles
da Silva Bourdot Dutra, C., Aldeia Machado, L. C., Bistany, S. P. & Merzari, E., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Nuclear Science and Engineering.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
CFD simulation of interassembly bypass flow in Sodium Fast Reactors
Novak, A. J., Dutra, C. B., Shaver, D. & Merzari, E., Aug 1 2025, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 439, 114044.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Toward integrating high-fidelity CFD approaches in the thermal-hydraulic analysis of turbulent dry cask systems
Okyay, S., Merzari, E., Gaston, D., Kong, F. & Balestra, P., Sep 15 2025, In: Annals of Nuclear Energy. 220, 111500.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Study of the Transition to Turbulence in a Bed of 67 Spherical Pebbles
Reger, D., Merzari, E., Nguyen, T., Lan, Y. H., Fischer, P. & Hassan, Y., Mar 2025, In: Flow, Turbulence and Combustion. 114, 3, p. 765-799 35 p., 102982.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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
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 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