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Recent Publications
Multiscale Modeling of Flow in Rod Bundles: From Direct Numerical Simulation and Subchannel to Coarse-Mesh CFD
Kraus, A. R. & Merzari, E., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Nuclear Science and Engineering.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Direct numerical simulation of a pressurized thermal shock scenario at higher reynolds number
Mathur, A., Kraus, A., Merzari, E. & Komen, E. M. J., Jun 1 2024, In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 224, 125321.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Energy Exascale Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations With the Spectral Element Method
Merzari, E., Leite, V. C., Fang, J., Shaver, D., Min, M., Kerkemeier, S., Fischer, P. & Tomboulides, A., Apr 1 2024, In: Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME. 146, 4, 041105.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
High-fidelity simulations of the run-in process for a pebble-bed reactor
Stewart, R., Balestra, P., Reger, D., Merzari, E. & Strydom, G., Jan 2024, In: Annals of Nuclear Energy. 195, 110193.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
On the role of low frequency modes in the thermal and momentum mixing in parallel plane jets
Acierno, J. & Merzari, E., Dec 2023, In: International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 104, 109211.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., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Nuclear Science and Engineering.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
High-Fidelity Modeling and Experiments to Inform Safety Analysis Codes for Heat Pipe Microreactors
Bourdot Dutra, C. S., Merzari, E., Acierno, J., Kraus, A., Manera, A., Petrov, V., Ahn, T., Huang, P. H. & Shaver, D., 2023, In: Nuclear Technology. 209, 10, p. 1592-1616 25 p.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., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Nuclear Science and Engineering.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Two-Phase Turbulent Kinetic Energy Budget Computation in Co-Current Taylor Bubble Flow
Frederix, E. M. A., Tajfirooz, S., Hopman, J. A., Fang, J., Merzari, E. & Komen, E. M. J., 2023, In: Nuclear Science and Engineering. 197, 10, p. 2585-2601 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A hybrid domain overlapping method for coupling System Thermal Hydraulics and CFD codes
Huxford, A., Leite, V. C., Merzari, E., Zou, L., Petrov, V. & Manera, A., Sep 1 2023, In: Annals of Nuclear Energy. 189, 109842.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Data-Driven High-to-Low for Coarse Grid System Thermal Hydraulics
Iskhakov, A. S., Coppo Leite, V., Merzari, E. & Dinh, N. T., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Nuclear Science and Engineering.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Data-Driven RANS Turbulence Closures for Forced Convection Flow in Reactor Downcomer Geometry
Iskhakov, A. S., Tai, C. K., Bolotnov, I. A., Nguyen, T., Merzari, E., Shaver, D. R. & Dinh, N. T., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Nuclear Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Machine learning from RANS and LES to inform coarse grid simulations
Iskhakov, A. S., Dinh, N. T., Leite, V. C. & Merzari, E., Sep 2023, In: Progress in Nuclear Energy. 163, 104809.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Status, perspectives, and added value of high fidelity simulations for safety and design
Komen, E. M. J., Mathur, A., Roelofs, F., Merzari, E. & Tiselj, I., Jan 2023, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 401, 112082.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
High-Fidelity Simulations of Shield Assembly Mixed-Convection Flows with Applications Toward Reduced-Resolution Modeling
Kraus, A. R., Merzari, E., Martin, M., Langewisch, D. & Hassan, Y., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Nuclear Science and Engineering.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review