Development of an Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics Technology for the Next-Generation Nuclear Reactor System Analysis and Safety Margin Characterization Code

Technical Report · Mon Apr 06 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1178431· OSTI ID:1178431

Luo, Hong ^[1]; Nourgaliev, Robert ^[2]

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1. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

This report describes the research activities we have conducted at NCSU for our NEUP project. The work toward achieving the objectives of the project is reported. The significant achievements and accomplishments are presented. A number of numerical experiments are conducted to demonstrate that the goal of the proposed work has been successfully achieved. Issues, recommendations, and future work are discussed.

• Research Organization: North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States); Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE). Nuclear Energy University Programs
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 1178431
• Report Number(s): DOE/NEUP-10-886; 10-886; TRN: US1500355
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
FLUID MECHANICS
SAFETY MARGINS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
REACTORS
RECOMMENDATIONS
GALERKIN-PETROV METHOD
NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS
COMPRESSIBLE FLOW
PROGRESS REPORTS