Computational Fluid Dynamics Group

The Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) group conducts research in application and development of numerical simulation techniques pertinent to safety of nuclear reactor simulations. The group’s portfolio covers the methods at different scales, ranging from entire systems modeled by the system code RELAP, through containment analysis with GOTHIC, and computational fluid dynamics method applied to components, down to molecular dynamic simulations. What we learn at smaller scales, we embed as physical models at larger scales.

The group places particular focus on modeling of multiphase flows, with and without mass transfer. One of the most notable developments of the group is the PSI-BOIL (Parallel SImulation tool for BOILing phenomena) computer program. It is a scale-resolving tool (only space averaging), which embeds a number of innovative physical models for interface tracking and boiling, including the improved surface sharpening algorithm, sharp-interface mass transfer model, micro-region model for boiling, phase-field approach to boiling, innovative scale-resolving Lagrangian particle tracking method (it covers the ground in between full interface tracking and Lagrangian particle tracking), to name the most important few.

Another CFD code developed in our group is T-Flows (Turbulent Flows), originally developed at Delft University of Technology, and currently disclosed as an open source code. It features second order accurate, unstructured, cell-centered, finite volume discretization of incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with heat transfer and species transport. 

The work collaborates on a number of national and international projects, spanning in their scope from basic research geared towards better understanding physical phenomena to “on-call” research for utilities. International projects in which the group contributed include projects SETH, SETH-II, HYMERES, ERCOSAM (for the system and containment scales), then European suite of NURESIM, NURISP, NURESAFE projects (CFD scale, applied to Gen-II and Gen-III reactors), and THINS and SESAME (CFD scale applied to Gen-IV reactors, more specifically to supercritical and liquid-metal reactors).

  • Bolaños-Chaverri F, Mantzaras J, Griffin T, Bombach R, Winkler D
    An experimental and numerical investigation of the catalytic-rich/gaseous-lean combustion of H2/CO/air mixtures at 8 bar
    Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 2021; 38(4): 5443-5451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.149
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  • Bureš L, Sato Y
    Direct numerical simulation of evaporation and condensation with the geometric VOF method and a sharp-interface phase-change model
    International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2021; 173: 121233 (21 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2021.121233
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  • Bureš L, Sato Y
    On the modelling of the transition between contact-line and microlayer evaporation regimes in nucleate boiling
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2021; 916(53): A53 (23 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.204
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  • Bureš L, Sato Y, Pautz A
    Piecewise linear interface-capturing volume-of-fluid method in axisymmetric cylindrical coordinates
    Journal of Computational Physics. 2021; 436: 110291 (36 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2021.110291
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  • Cramer K, Prasianakis NI, Niceno B, Ihli J, Holler M, Leyer S
    Three-dimensional membrane imaging with X-ray ptychography: determination of membrane transport properties for membrane distillation
    Transport in Porous Media. 2021; 138: 265-284. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-021-01603-4
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  • Dehbi A
    Correcting for tube curvature effects on condensation in the presence of a noncondensable gas in turbulent free convection
    International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2021; 164: 120594 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.120594
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  • Dehbi A
    Development of a general correlation for free convection vapor condensation over a horizontal tube in the presence of a noncondensable gas
    International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2021; 123: 105210 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2021.105210
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  • Hadžiabdić M, Borrelli M, Ničeno B
    Simulation of Rayleigh-Benárd convection at up to Ra = 1016 by generalized elliptic-relaxation hybrid RANS-LES model
    International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 2021; 90: 108819 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2021.108819
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  • Khatoonabadi M, Prasianakis NI, Mantzaras J
    Lattice Boltzmann model with generalized wall boundary conditions for arbitrary catalytic reactivity
    Physical Review E. 2021; 103(6): 063303 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.063303
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  • Mantzaras J, Sui R, Law CK, Bombach R
    Heterogeneous and homogeneous combustion of fuel-lean C3H8/O2/N2 mixtures over rhodium at pressures up to 6 bar
    Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 2021; 38(4): 6473-6482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.029
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  • Maxim F, Karalis K, Boillat P, Banuti DT, Marquez Damian JI, Niceno B, et al.
    Thermodynamics and dynamics of supercritical water pseudo-boiling
    Advanced Science. 2021; 8(3): 2002312 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202002312
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  • Sui R, Mantzaras J, Law CK, Bombach R, Khatoonabadi M
    Homogeneous ignition of H2/CO/O2/N2 mixtures over palladium at pressures up to 8 bar
    Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 2021; 38(4): 6583-6591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.262
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  • Andreani M, Kapulla R, Kelm S, Paladino D, Paranjape S
    Analyses of gas stratification erosion by a vertical jet in presence of an obstacle using the GOTHIC code
    Journal of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science. 2020; 6(2): 021110 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4046296
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  • Andreani M, Paranjape S
    Gas mixing caused by interacting heat sources. Part ii: modelling
    Nuclear Engineering and Design. 2020; 370: 110887 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2020.110887
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  • Bureš L, Sato Y
    Direct numerical simulation of phase change in the presence of non-condensable gases
    International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2020; 151: 119400 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119400
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  • Bureš L, Sato Y
    Sharp-interface phase-change model with the VOF method
    In: 5th thermal and fluids engineering conference (TFEC). Vol. 2020-April. Proceedings of the thermal and fluids engineering summer conference. New York, NY, USA: Begell House Inc.; 2020:63-66. https://doi.org/10.1615/TFEC2020.cmd.031939
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  • Dehbi A
    Correcting for tube curvature effects on condensation in the presence of a noncondensable gas in laminar regimes
    International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2020; 151: 119384 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2020.119384
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  • Guo W, Shams A, Sato Y, Niceno B
    Influence of buoyancy in a mixed convection liquid metal flow for a horizontal channel configuration
    International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 2020; 85: 108630 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2020.108630
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  • Halouane Y, Dehbi A
    CFD prediction of hydrogen passive autocatalytic recombiner performance under counter-current flow conditions
    International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2020; 45(16): 10247-10256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.01.189
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  • Li X, Prasser H-M, Niceno B
    URANS simulations of the single-phase mixing in a 4*4 LWR fuel bundle with mixing vanes, validated against a sub-channel experiment
    Nuclear Engineering and Design. 2020; 363: 110612 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2020.110612
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  • Nick N, Sato Y
    Computational fluid dynamics simulation of Hyperloop pod predicting laminar–turbulent transition
    Railway Engineering Science. 2020; 28(1): 97-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40534-020-00204-z
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  • Saxena A, Prasser H-M
    A study of two-phase annular flow using unsteady numerical computations
    International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 2020; 126: 103037 (16 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2019.05.003
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  • Sayed M, Hadziabdic M, Dehbi A, Niceno B, Mikityuk K
    On the prediction of turbulent kinetic energy in channel flow using wall-modeled large eddy simulations
    In: AIAA scitech forum. Vol. 1. AIAA scitech 2020 forum. Reston, VA: AIAA; 2020. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-1329
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  • Shams A, Roelofs F, Tiselj I, Oder J, Bartosiewicz Y, Duponcheel M, et al.
    A collaborative effort towards the accurate prediction of turbulent flow and heat transfer in low-Prandtl number fluids
    Nuclear Engineering and Design. 2020; 366: 110750 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2020.110750
    DORA PSI
  • Sui R, Liang W, Mantzaras J, Law CK
    Coupled reaction mechanism reduction for the hetero-/homogeneous combustion of syngas over platinum
    Combustion and Flame. 2020; 214: 37-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.12.020
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  • Sui R, Liang W, Zhang L, Mantzaras J, Law CK
    Kinetic interactions between H2 and CO in catalytic oxidation over PdO
    Combustion and Flame. 2020; 211: 270-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.09.035
    DORA PSI
  • Čarija Z, Ledić F, Sikirica A, Niceno B
    CFD study of the PTS experiment in ROCOM test facility
    Nuclear Engineering and Technology. 2020; 52(12): 2803-2811. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.net.2020.06.002
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  • Andreani M, Paranjape S
    Modelling of the interaction of two heat sources simulating the thermal effects of PARs
    Presented at: ICAPP 2019 - International congress on advances in nuclear power plants; May 12-15, 2019; Juan-les-pins, France.
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  • Andreani M, Gaikwad AJ, Ganju S, Gera B, Grigoryev S, Herranz LE, et al.
    Synthesis of a CFD benchmark exercise based on a test in the PANDA facility addressing the stratification erosion by a vertical jet in presence of a flow obstruction
    Nuclear Engineering and Design. 2019; 354: 110177 (31 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2019.110177
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  • Antipas GSE, Karalis KT
    Direct determination of amorphous number density from the reduced pair distribution function
    MethodsX. 2019; 6: 601-605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2019.03.005
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  • Arani BO, Frouzakis CE, Mantzaras J, Boulouchos K
    Direct numerical simulations of turbulent catalytic and gas-phase combustion of H2/air over Pt at practically-relevant Reynolds numbers
    Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 2019; 37(4): 5489-5497. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2018.05.103
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  • Dehbi A, Kelm S, Kalilainen J, Mueller H
    The influence of thermal radiation on the free convection inside enclosures
    Nuclear Engineering and Design. 2019; 341: 176-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.10.025
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  • Es-sebbar E-touhami, Bénilan Y, Fray N, Cottin H, Jolly A, Gazeau M-C
    VUV spectral irradiance measurements in H2/He/Ar microwave plasmas and comparison with solar data
    Astrophysical Journal: Supplement Series. 2019; 240(1): 7 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/aaf0a1
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  • Gairola A, Guo W, Niceno B, Bindra H
    Statistical emulator models for scalar mixing in reactor safety analysis
    In: 18th international topical meeting on nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics (NURETH-18). LaGrange Park, USA: American Nuclear Society (ANS); 2019:3257-3269.
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  • Karalis K, Ludwig C, Niceno B
    Supercritical water anomalies in the vicinity of the Widom line
    Scientific Reports. 2019; 9(1): 15731 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51843-0
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  • Mantzaras J
    Progress in non-intrusive laser-based measurements of gas-phase thermoscalars and supporting modeling near catalytic interfaces
    Progress in Energy and Combustion Science. 2019; 70: 169-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecs.2018.10.005
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  • Maxim F, Contescu C, Boillat P, Niceno B, Karalis K, Testino A, et al.
    Visualization of supercritical water pseudo-boiling at Widom line crossover
    Nature Communications. 2019; 10: 4114 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12117-5
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  • Mora DF, Niffenegger M, Qian G, Jaros M, Niceno B
    Modelling of reactor pressure vessel subjected to pressurized thermal shock using 3D-XFEM
    Nuclear Engineering and Design. 2019; 353: 110237 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2019.110237
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  • Moreau V, Profir M, Alemberti A, Frignani M, Merli F, Belka M, et al.
    Pool CFD modelling: lessons from the SESAME project
    Nuclear Engineering and Design. 2019; 355: 110343 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2019.110343
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  • Mukin R, Clifford I, Costa Garrido O, Mora DF, Niffenegger M, Niceno B, et al.
    Screening analysis for pressurized thermal shock (PTS) transient scenarios
    In: 18th international topical meeting on nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics (NURETH-18). La Grange Park, USA: American Nuclear Society (ANS); 2019:2536-2549.
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  • Niffenegger M, Garrido OC, Mora DF, Qian G, Mukin R, Sharabi M, et al.
    Uncertainties in pressurized thermal shock analyses
    In: Design and analysis: 4th international symposium on coke drum life cycle management. Vol. 3. PVP - American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Pressure vessels and piping division. sine loco: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); 2019:PVP2019-94076 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2019-94076
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  • Papini D, Andreani M, Steiner P, Ničeno B, Klügel J-U, Prasser H-M
    Evaluation of the PAR mitigation system in Swiss PWR containment using the GOTHIC code
    Nuclear Technology. 2019; 205(1-2): 153-173. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2018.1505356
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  • Puragliesi R, Mukin R, Clifford I, Ferroukhi H, Seidl M
    Comparison of computational fluid dynamics and subchannel numerical solutions of fuel assemblies characterized by bowing
    In: 18th international topical meeting on nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics (NURETH-18). La Grange Park: American Nuclear Society (ANS); 2019:2209-2222.
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  • Safi MA, Mantzaras J, Prasianakis NI, Lamibrac A, Büchi FN
    A pore-level direct numerical investigation of water evaporation characteristics under air and hydrogen in the gas diffusion layers of polymer electrolyte fuel cells
    International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2019; 129: 1250-1262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.10.042
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  • Sato Y, Niceno B, Smith BL
    Departure from Nucleate Boiling (DNB) simulations based on an interface tracking method
    In: 18th international topical meeting on nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics (NURETH-18). La Grange Park: American Nuclear Society (ANS); 2019:3078-3091.
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  • Shams A, Roelofs F, Tiselj I, Oder J, Bartosiewicz Y, Duponcheel M, et al.
    A collaborative effort towards the accurate prediction of turbulent flow and heat transfer in low-Prandtl number fluids
    In: 18th international topical meeting on nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics (NURETH-18). LaGrange Park, USA: American Nuclear Society (ANS); 2019:205-219.
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  • Shams A, Roelofs F, Niceno B, Guo W, Angeli D, Stalio E, et al.
    Reference numerical database for turbulent flow and heat transfer in liquid metals
    Nuclear Engineering and Design. 2019; 353: 110274 (18 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2019.110274
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  • Sui R, Mantzaras J, Bombach R
    H2 and CO heterogeneous kinetic coupling during combustion of H2/CO/O2/N2 mixtures over rhodium
    Combustion and Flame. 2019; 202: 292-302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2019.01.021
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  • Sui R, Mantzaras J, Es-sebbar E-touhami, Bombach R
    Hetero-/homogeneous combustion of fuel-lean CH4/O2/N2 mixtures over PdO at elevated pressures
    Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 2019; 37(4): 5465-5472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2018.05.112
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  • Tsujino S, Sato Y, Takeda Y, Tomizaki T
    Oscillation resonances and anisotropic damping of the motion of acoustically levitated droplets in single-axis acoustic levitators
    Applied Physics Letters. 2019; 115: 053702 (5 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5112109
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  • Zhu M, Dehbi A, Sato Y, Niceno B
    Simulations of particle transport inside bubbles using coupled interface and Lagrangian tracking approaches
    In: 18th international topical meeting on nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics (NURETH-18). LaGrange Park, USA: American Nuclear Society (ANS); 2019:3677-3688.
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  • Aksouh M, Dehbi A
    Large Eddy simulations of particulate flows inside a square differentially heated cavity at Rayleigh numbers up to 1011
    Powder Technology. 2018; 336: 318-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2018.06.016
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  • Andreani M, Kapulla R
    Analyses of gas stratification erosion by a vertical jet in presence of an obstacle using the GOTHIC code
    In: Proceedings of the 26th international conference on nuclear engineering (ICONE26). Thermal hydraulics and safety analyses. Vol. 6B. New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); 2018:ICONE26-82360 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE26-82360
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  • Andreani M, Paladino D, Papini D
    Multi-step planning calculations with the GOTHIC code used for the design of complex experiments in the PANDA facility
    Nuclear Engineering and Design. 2018; 339: 116-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.09.005
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  • Arani BO, Frouzakis CE, Mantzaras J, Lucci F, Boulouchos K
    Direct numerical simulation of turbulent channel-flow catalytic combustion: effects of Reynolds number and catalytic reactivity
    Combustion and Flame. 2018; 187: 52-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2017.09.001
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  • Arani BO, Mantzaras J, Frouzakis CE, Boulouchos K
    Hetero-/homogeneous chemistry interactions and flame formation during methane catalytic partial oxidation in rhodium-coated channels
    Combustion and Flame. 2018; 198: 320-333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2018.09.029
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  • Badreddine H, Lafferty N, Ničeno B, Prasser H-M
    Corrective interface tracking approach to simulate finite-size bubbly flows
    Chemical Engineering Science. 2018; 178: 61-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2017.12.028
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  • Badreddine H, Ničeno B
    Simulations of droplet merging with free surface and bubble column reactor with finite-size Lagrangian particle tracking
    Chemical Engineering Science. 2018; 176: 609-621. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2017.10.037
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  • Bousbia Salah A, Ceuca SC, Puragliesi R, Mukin R, Grahn A, Kliem S, et al.
    Unsteady single-phase natural-circulation flow mixing prediction using 3-D thermal-hydraulic system and CFD Codes
    Nuclear Technology. 2018; 203(3): 293-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2018.1461517
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  • Clifford I, Pecchia M, Puragliesi R, Vasiliev A, Ferroukhi H
    On the characteristics of the flow and heat transfer in the core bypass region of a PWR
    Nuclear Engineering and Design. 2018; 330: 117-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.01.039
    DORA PSI
  • Halouane Y, Dehbi A
    CFD simulation of hydrogen mitigation by a passive autocatalytic recombiner
    Nuclear Engineering and Design. 2018; 330: 488-496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.01.018
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  • Kalilainen J, Kim H, Dehbi A, Lind T
    Aerosol depletion in natural circulation in simplified geometry
    In: International congress on advances in nuclear power plants (ICAPP 2018). Vol. 1. Illinois: American Nuclear Society; 2018:571-577.
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  • Kim H, Dehbi A, Kalilainen J
    Measurements and LES computations of a turbulent particle-laden flow inside a cubical differentially heated cavity
    Atmospheric Environment. 2018; 186: 216-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.05.037
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  • Li S, Puragliesi R, Adamsson C
    Subcooled boiling natural convective two-phase CFD simulation and application
    In: Advances in thermal hydraulics 2018 (ATH 2018). LaGrange Park, USA: American Nuclear Society; 2018:1100-1111.
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  • Liu Y, Dinh N, Sato Y, Niceno B
    Data-driven modeling for boiling heat transfer: using deep neural networks and high-fidelity simulation results
    Applied Thermal Engineering. 2018; 144: 305-320. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.08.041
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  • Mora Méndez DF, Niffenegger M, Qian G, Jaros M, Niceno B
    3D FEM modeling of crack initiation in a reactor pressure vessel during a PTS event (LBLOCA)
    In: ASME 2018 pressure vessels and piping conference. Proceedings papers. Materials and fabrication. Vol. 6A. PVP - American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Pressure vessels and piping division. sine loco: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); 2018:PVP2018-85024 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1115/PVP2018-85024
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  • Mukin R, Puragliesi R, Pecchia M, Seidl M
    Subchannel modeling of single rod bowing in a bundle geometry
    Nuclear Engineering and Design. 2018; 340: 347-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.09.032
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  • Palkin E, Hadžiabdić M, Mullyadzhanov R, Hanjalić K
    Control of flow around a cylinder by rotary oscillations at a high subcritical Reynolds number
    Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 2018; 855: 236-266. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2018.639
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  • Puragliesi R, Mukin R, Clifford I, Ferroukhi H, Seidl M
    Computational fluid dynamics as a tool for deriving subchannel model parameters - The PSBT case study
    In: Proceedings of the 26th international conference on nuclear engineering (ICONE26). Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); nuclear education and public acceptance. Vol. 8. New York: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); 2018:ICONE26-81743 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1115/ICONE26-81743
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  • Sato Y, Smith BL, Niceno B
    Examples of pool-boiling simulations using an interface tracking method applied to nucleate boiling, departure from nucleate boiling and film boiling
    In: Thome JR, ed. Numerical modeling methodologies. Encyclopedia of two-phase heat transfer and flow III. Macro and micro flow boiling and numerical modeling fundamentals. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd; 2018:225-263. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813229440_0007
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  • Sato Y, Niceno B
    Pool boiling simulation using an interface tracking method: from nucleate boiling to film boiling regime through critical heat flux
    International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 2018; 125: 876-890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.04.131
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  • Shams A, Edh N, Angele K, Veber P, Howard R, Braillard O, et al.
    Synthesis of a CFD benchmarking exercise for a T-junction with wall
    Nuclear Engineering and Design. 2018; 330: 199-216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.01.049
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  • Sridhar M, Mantzaras J, van Bokhoven JA, Kröcher O
    Numerical modeling of hydroperoxyl-mediated oxidative dehydrogenation of formic acid under SCR-relevant conditions
    Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 2018; 57(31): 10206-10215. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b01592
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  • Sui R, Liang W, Mantzaras J, Law CK
    Catalytic ignition and pressure dependence of methane/air combustion over palladium oxide
    In: Proceedings of the 2018 spring ESSCI meeting. Talks 2A01-2A17. Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University; 2018:2A03 (6 pp.).
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  • Sui R, Es-sebbar E-touhami, Mantzaras J, Prasianakis NI
    Experimental and numerical investigation of fuel-lean H2/CO/air and H2/CH4/air catalytic microreactors
    Combustion Science and Technology. 2018; 190(2): 336-362. https://doi.org/10.1080/00102202.2017.1391231
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  • Venot O, Bénilan Y, Fray N, Gazeau M-C, Lefèvre F, Es-sebbar E, et al.
    VUV-absorption cross section of carbon dioxide from 150 to 800 K and applications to warm exoplanetary atmospheres
    Astronomy and Astrophysics. 2018; 609: A34 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731295
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2017

  • A Three-Dimensional, Immersed Boundary, Finite Volume Method for the Simulation of Incompressible Heat Transfer Flows around Complex Geometries Badreddine Hassan, Sato Yohei, Berger Matthias, Niceno Bojan
    International Journal of Chemical Engineering 2017, 1726519 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1155/2017/1726519
  • A comparative experimental and numerical investigation of the heterogeneous and homogeneous combustion characteristics of fuel-rich methane mixtures over rhodium and platinum Sui Ran, Mantzaras John, Bombach Rolf
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE 36, 4313-4320 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2016.06.001
  • A large eddy simulation of turbulent particle-laden flow inside a cubical differentially heated cavity Dehbi A, Kalilainen J, Lind T, Auvinen A
    JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE 103, 67 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2016.10.003
  • CFD simulations of premixed hydrogen combustion using the Eddy Dissipation and the Turbulent Flame Closure models Halouane Y, Dehbi A
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY 42, 21990-22004 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.07.075
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of the Transient Cooling of the Boiling Surface at Bubble Departure Giustini G, Walker SP, Sato Y, Niceno B
    Journal of Heat Transfer 139, 091501 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1115/1.4036572
  • Experimental and pore-level numerical investigation of water evaporation in gas diffusion layers of polymer electrolyte fuel cells Safi Mohammad Amin, Prasianakis Nikolaos I, Mantzaras John, Lamibrac Adrien, Buchi Felix N
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER 115, 238-249 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.07.050
  • Hetero-/homogeneous combustion of fuel-lean methane/oxygen/nitrogen mixtures over rhodium at pressures up to 12 bar Sui Ran, Mantzaras John, Bombach Rolf, Denisov Alexey
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE 36, 4321-4328 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2016.06.003
  • Homogeneous ignition during fuel-rich H-2/O-2/N-2 combustion in platinum-coated channels at elevated pressures Sui Ran, Es-Sebbar Et-touhami, Mantzaras John, Bombach Rolf
    COMBUSTION AND FLAME 180, 184-195 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2017.02.033
  • Impact of Gaseous Chemistry in H-2-O-2-N-2 Combustion over Platinum at Fuel-Lean Stoichiometries and Pressures of 1.0-3.5 bar Sui Ran, Mantzaras John, Es-Sebbar Et-Touhami, Safi Mohammad A, Bombach Rolf
    ENERGY & FUELS 31, 11448-11459 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b02011
  • Large eddy simulation of upward co-current annular boiling flow using an interface tracking method Sato Y, Niceno B
    NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 321, 69 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2017.03.003
  • Nucleate pool boiling simulations using the interface tracking method: Boiling regime from discrete bubble to vapor mushroom region Sato Y, Niceno B
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER 105, 505 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2016.10.018
  • The impact of sorbent geometry on the sulphur adsorption under supercritical water conditions: a numerical study Maxim Florentina, Niceno Bojan, Testino Andrea, Ludwig Christian
    Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 7, 479-485 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1007/s13399-017-0265-7
  • Three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of turbulent fuel-lean H-2/air hetero-/homogeneous combustion over Pt with detailed chemistry Arani Behrooz Ostadmohammadi, Frouzakis Christos Emmanouil, Mantzaras John, Boulouchos Konstantinos
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE 36, 4355-4363 (2017).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2016.05.009

2016

  • A unified correlation for steam condensation rates in the presence of air?helium mixtures under naturally driven flows Dehbi A
    NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 300, 601 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2016.02.009
  • An experimental and numerical investigation of the combustion and heat transfer characteristics of hydrogen-fueled catalytic microreactors Sui Ran, Prasianakis Nikolaos I, Mantzaras John, Mallya Nithin, Theile Juergen, Lagrange Damien, Friess Martin
    CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE 141, 214-230 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2015.10.034
  • Combustion stability and hetero-/homogeneous chemistry interactions for fuel-lean hydrogen/air mixtures in platinum-coated microchannels Sui Ran, Mantzaras John
    COMBUSTION AND FLAME 173, 370-386 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2016.08.011
  • Computational Fluid Dynamic Simulation of Single Bubble Growth under High-Pressure Pool Boiling Conditions Murallidharan J, Giustini G, Sato Y, Niceno B, Badalassi V, Walker Simon P
    Nuclear Engineering and Technology 48, 859 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2016.06.004
  • Computational fluid dynamics study of pressurized thermal shock phenomena in the reactor pressure vessel Sharabi M, Gonzalez-Albuixech V F, Lafferty N, Niceno B, Niffenegger M
    NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 299, 136-145 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2015.10.014
  • Computational study of platinum nanoparticle deposition on the surfaces of crevices Gu HF, Niceno B, Grundler PV, Sharabi M, Veleva L, Ritter S
    NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 304, 84 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2016.04.020
  • Coupled RELAP5, 3D CFD and FEM analysis of postulated cracks in RPVs subjected to PTS loading González-Albuixech VF, Qian G, Sharabi M, Niffenegger M, Niceno B, Lafferty N
    NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 297, 111 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2015.11.032
  • Experimental Investigation of a Turbulent Particle-Laden Flow Inside a Cubical Differentially Heated Cavity Kalilainen J, Rantanen P, Lind T, Auvinen A, Dehbi A
    JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE , in press (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2016.06.001
  • First line shape analysis and spectroscopic parameters for the v(11) band of (C2H4)-C-12 Es-sebbar Et-touhami, Mantzaras John, Benilan Yves, Farooq Aamir
    JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER 184, 297-307 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.07.021
  • Integrity analysis of a reactor pressure vessel subjected to a realistic pressurized thermal shock considering the cooling plume and constraint effects González-Albuixech VF, Qian G, Sharabi M, Niffenegger M, Niceno B, Lafferty N
    ENGINEERING FRACTURE MECHANICS 162, 201 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2016.05.010
  • Key Findings from the Artist Project on Aerosol Retention in a Dry Steam Generator Dehbi A, Suckow D, Lind T, Guentay S, Danner S, Mukin R
    Nuclear Engineering and Technology 48, 870 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.net.2016.06.001
  • Outcomes from the EURATOM?ROSATOM ERCOSAM SAMARA projects on containment thermal-hydraulics for severe accident management Paladino D, Andreani M, Guentay S, Mignot G, Kapulla R, Paranjape S, Sharabi M, Kisselev A, Yudina T, Filippov A, Kamnev M, Khizbullin A, Tyurikov O, Liang Z, Abdo D, Brinster J, Dabbene F, Kelm S, Klauck M, Götz L, Gehr R, Malet J, Bentaib A, Bleyer A, Lemaitre P, Porcheron E, Benz S, Jordan T, Xu Z, Boyd C, Siccama A, Visser D
    NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 308, 103 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2016.08.011
  • Pool boiling simulation of water up to critical heat flux using an interface tracking method Sato Y, Niceno B
    NUTHOS-11: Proceedings of the 11th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-Hydraulics, Operation and Safety (Oct 9-13, 2016, Gyeongju, Korea) , (2016).
  • RANS modeling of fluid flow and dust deposition in nuclear pebble-beds Jayaraju ST, Roelofs F, Komen EMJ, Dehbi A
    NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 308, 222 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2016.08.037
  • Synthesis of the OECD/NEA-PSI CFD benchmark exercise Andreani Michele, Badillo Arnoldo, Kapulla Ralf
    NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 299, 59-80 (2016).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2015.12.029

2015

  • A depletable micro-layer model for nucleate pool boiling Sato Y, Niceno B
    JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS 300, 20 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2015.07.046
  • A generalized correlation for steam condensation rates in the presence of air under turbulent free convection Dehbi A
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER 86, 1 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2015.02.034
  • An experimental and numerical investigation of premixed syngas combustion dynamics in mesoscale channels with controlled wall temperature profiles Brambilla Andrea, Schultze Marco, Frouzakis Christos E, Mantzaras John, Bombach Rolf, Boulouchos Konstantinos
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE 35, 3429-3437 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2014.06.131
  • Comparison of PTS analyses of RPVs based on 3D-CFD and RELAP5 González-Albuixech VF, Qian G, Sharabi M, Niffenegger M, Niceno B, Lafferty N
    NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 291, 168 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2015.05.025
  • Direct numerical simulation of bubble dynamics in subcooled and near-saturated convective nucleate boiling Lal Sreeyuth, Sato Yohei, Niceno Bojan
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW 51, 16-28 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2014.10.018
  • Finite size Lagrangian particle tracking approach to simulate dispersed bubbly flows Badreddine Hassan, Sato Yohei, Niceno Bojan, Prasser Horst-Michael
    CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE 122, 321-335 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2014.09.037
  • Hetero-/homogeneous combustion of syngas mixtures over platinum at fuel-rich stoichiometries and pressures up to 14 bar Schultze Marco, Mantzaras John, Grygier Felix, Bombach Rolf
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE 35, 2223-2231 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.proci.2014.05.018
  • Interface tracking based evaluation of bubble growth rates in high pressure pool boiling conditions Giustini G, Murallidharan J, Sato Y, Niceno B, Badalassi V, Walker Simon P
    NURETH 16: Proceedings of the 16th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-hydraulics 1, 6530 (2015).
  • Noble Metal Applications for SCC Mitigation in BWRs: Platinum Nanoparticle Penetration into Crevices and Cracks under Controlled Flow Conditions Grundler PV, Veleva L, Gu H, Allner S, Niceno B, Ritter S
    17th Int. Conference on Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Systems - Water Reactors, August 9-13, Ottawa, Canada CD-ROM, Paper No 96 (2015).
  • Numerical and experimental investigations of human swimming motions Takagi H, Nakashima M, Sato Y, Matsuuchi K, Sanders Ross H
    JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES 34, 1564 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2015.1123284
  • Numerical study of heat diffusion controlled phase growth in a pressurised liquid Murallidharan J, Giustini G, Sato Y, Niceno B, Badalassi V, Walker Simon P
    NURETH 16: Proceedings of the 16th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal-hydraulics 1, 4069 (2015).
  • Particle deposition modeling in the secondary side of a steam generator bundle model Mukin R, Dehbi A
    NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN , (2015).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2015.09.001
  • Probabilistic pressurized thermal shocks analysis for a reactor pressure vessel by considering plume effect Qian G, Gonzalez-Albuixech VF, Niffenegger M, Sharabi M
    ASME Pressure Vessel and Piping Division Conference, July 19-23, Boston, Massachusetts, USA , 2015-45963 (2015).
  • RANS modeling for particle transport and deposition in turbulent duct flows: Near wall model uncertainties Jayaraju ST, Sathiah P, Roelofs F, Dehbi A
    NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 289, 60 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2015.04.011
  • Results of 4-equation turbulence models in the prediction of heat transfer to supercritical pressure fluids Pucciarellia A, Borroni I, Sharabi M, Ambrosini W
    NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 281, 5 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2014.11.004
  • Transient simulation of the combustion of fuel-lean hydrogen/air mixtures in platinum-coated channels Michelon Nicola, Mantzaras John, Canu Paolo
    COMBUSTION THEORY AND MODELLING 19, 514-548 (2015).
    DOI: 10.1080/13647830.2015.1056832
  • UDNS or LES, That Is the Question Bosshard C, Deville MO, Dehbi A, Leriche E
    Open Journal of Fluid Dynamics 05, 339 (2015).
    DOI: 10.4236/ojfd.2015.54034

2014

  • An analytical and numerical investigation of hetero-/homogeneous combustion with deficient reactants having larger than unity Lewis numbers Zheng Xin, Mantzaras John
    COMBUSTION AND FLAME 161, 1911-1922 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2013.12.018
  • Assessment of GOTHIC and TRACE codes against selected PANDA experiments on a Passive Containment Condenser Papini Davide, Adamsson Carl, Andreani Michele, Prasser Horst-Michael
    NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 278, 542-557 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2014.08.007
  • Catalytic Combustion of Hydrogen, Challenges, and Opportunities Mantzaras John
    MODELING AND SIMULATION OF HETEROGENEOUS CATALYTIC PROCESSES 45, 97-+ (2014).
    DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800422-7.00003-0
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics of Pressurized Thermal Shock Phenomena in the Reactor Pressure Vessel Sharabi M, Niceno B, Gonzalez-Albuixech V, Niffenegger M
    CFD4NRS-5: Proceedings of the OECD/NEA & IAEA Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Safety Research, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland, Sep. 9-11, 2014 , (2014).
  • Detailed transient numerical simulation of H-2/air hetero-/homogeneous combustion in platinum-coated channels with conjugate heat transfer Brambilla Andrea, Frouzakis Christos E, Mantzaras John, Tomboulides Ananias, Kerkemeier Stefan, Boulouchos Konstantinos
    COMBUSTION AND FLAME 161, 2692-2707 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2014.04.003
  • Experimental and theoretical studies on density wave instabilities in helically coiled tubes Papini Davide, Colombo Marco, Cammi Antonio, Ricotti Marco E
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER 68, 343-356 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.09.035
  • Flame dynamics in lean premixed CO/H-2/air combustion in a mesoscale channel Brambilla Andrea, Frouzakis Christos E, Mantzaras John, Bombach Rolf, Boulouchos Konstantinos
    COMBUSTION AND FLAME 161, 1268-1281 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2013.11.003
  • Kinetic interactions between hydrogen and carbon monoxide oxidation over platinum Zheng Xin, Mantzaras John, Bombach Rolf
    COMBUSTION AND FLAME 161, 332-346 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2013.07.021
  • Large eddy simulation of multiple impinging jets in hexagonal configuration – Mean flow characteristics Draksler M, Niceno B, Koncar B, Cizelj L
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND FLUID FLOW 46, 147 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2014.01.005
  • Large eddy simulation of particulate flow inside a differentially heated cavity Bosshard C, Dehbi A, Deville M, Leriche E, Soldati A
    NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 267, 154 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2013.12.035
  • Nonlinear ship waves and computational fluid dynamics Miyata H, Orihara H, Sato Y
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY SERIES B-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 90, 278 (2014).
    DOI: 10.2183/pjab.90.278
  • Scale resolving simulation of dispersed bubbly flows Badreddine H, Sato Y, Niceno B
    ICAPP 2014: Proceedings of the International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2014 1, 1623 (2014).
  • Simulation of flow in the secondary side of a steam generator bundle Mukin RV, Dehbi A
    CFD4NRS-5: Proceedings of the OECD/NEA & IAEA Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Safety Research, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland, Sep. 9-11, 2014 1, 1 (2014).
  • Thermal multicomponent lattice Boltzmann model for catalytic reactive flows Kang Jinfen, Prasianakis Nikolaos I, Mantzaras John
    PHYSICAL REVIEW E 89, 063310 (2014).
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.89.063310

 

 

 

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Computational Fluid Dynamics Group
Laboratory for Scientific Computing and Modelling
Paul Scherrer Institute
OHSA/D16
5232 Villigen PSI
Switzerland

Head of CFD Group
Dr. Bojan Niceno
+41 56 310 4149
Bojan.Niceno@psi.ch

Assistant
Viviana Sabatini
+41 56 310 2592
Viviana.Sabatini@psi.ch

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