Research Summary
Research interests include solidification and melting, turbulent natural convection, two-phase flow and heat transfer, nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics and safety, thermal processing of materials, thermal behavior of high-temperature ablatives, and dense spray and atomization.
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Recent Publications
Measurements of Droplet Size and Velocity Distributions During Rod Bundle Core Reflood
Garrett, G. R., Lowery, B. R., Hanson, M. K., Miller, D. J., Almudhhi, T., Cheung, F. B., Bajorek, S. M., Tien, K. & Hoxie, C. L., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Nuclear Science and Engineering.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Acoustic Analysis of the Effects of Vapor-Liquid Interfacial Morphology on Pool-Boiling Heat Transfer
Almadih, M. H., Almudhhi, T., Ebrahim, S., Howell, A., Garrett, G. R., Bajorek, S. M. & Cheung, F. B., 2022, In: Nuclear Technology. 208, 8, p. 1290-1300 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Heat transfer correlation for film boiling during quenching of micro-structured surfaces
Ebrahim, S. A., Cheung, F. B., Bajorek, S. M., Tien, K. & Hoxie, C. L., Nov 2022, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 398, 111943.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Experimental and Numerical Studies of Pressure and Oscillatory Flow Effects on the Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer in a Rod Bundle
Garrett, G., Beck, F., Miller, D., Lowery, B., Cheung, F. B., Bajorek, S., Hoxie, C. & Tien, K., Mar 2022, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 388, 111602.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Validation and Uncertainty Quantification of Transient Reflood Models Using COBRA-TF and Machine Learning Techniques Based on the NRC/PSU RBHT Benchmark
Jin, Y., Bajorek, S. M. & Cheung, F. B., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Nuclear Science and Engineering.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
An engineering stability technique for unsteady, two-phase flows with heat and mass transfer
Beck, F. R., Mohanta, L., Henderson, D. M., Cheung, F. B. & Talmage, G., Sep 2021, In: International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 142, 103709.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Development of a downward-facing nucleate boiling correlation for thermal hydraulics analysis
Cheung, F. B., Sohag, F. A. & Riley, M. P., Jan 1 2021, In: Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science. 120, 110256.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
40th Anniversary of the first international topical meeting on nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics: Highlights of thermal-hydraulics research in the past four decades
Merzari, E., Cheung, F. B., Bajorek, S. M. & Hassan, Y., Mar 2021, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 373, 110965.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Progress in reflood thermal hydraulics studies in the past 40 years
Yang, B. W., Bajorek, S. M., Jin, Y. & Cheung, F. B., May 2021, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 376, 111073.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Development of a new spacer grid pressure drop model in rod bundle for the post-dryout two-phase flow regime during reflood transients
Jin, Y., Cheung, F. B., Shirvan, K., Bajorek, S. M., Tien, K. & Hoxie, C. L., Nov 2020, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 368, 110815.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Numerical investigation of rod bundle thermal–hydraulic behavior during reflood transients using COBRA-TF
Jin, Y., Cheung, F. B., Shirvan, K., Bajorek, S. M., Tien, K. & Hoxie, C. L., Dec 1 2020, In: Annals of Nuclear Energy. 148, 107708.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Rod Bundle Heat Transfer Thermal-Hydraulic Program
Bajorek, S. M. & Cheung, F. B., Jan 2 2019, In: Nuclear Technology. 205, 1-2, p. 307-327 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effect of fouling on quenching of simulated fuel rods
Beck, F. R., Jin, Y., Garrett, G., Cheung, F. B., Bajorek, S. M., Tien, K. & Hoxie, C. L., 2019, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 120, p. 1123-1125 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Effects of Substrate Materials and Surface Conditions on the Minimum Film-Boiling Temperature
Ebrahim, S. A., Alat, E., Sohag, F. A., Fudurich, V., Chang, S., Cheung, F. B., Bajorek, S. M., Tien, K. & Hoxie, C. L., Jan 2 2019, In: Nuclear Technology. 205, 1-2, p. 226-238 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Steady state predictions of reflood characteristics in a rod bundle
Garrett, G. R., Jin, Y., Beck, F. R., Cheung, F. B., Bajorek, S. M., Tien, K. & Hoxie, C. L., 2019, In: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society. 120, p. 1119-1122 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review