Theo G. Theofanous

TL;DR: The purpose of the present paper is to provide a comprehensive, self-contained and consistent tutorial on the LBE method, aiming to clarify misunderstandings and eliminate some confusion that seems to persist in the L BE-related CFD literature.

TL;DR: In this article, the efficacy of external flooding of a reactor vessel as a severe accident management strategy is assessed for an AP600-like reactor design, and the assessment includes consideration of bounding scenarios and sensitivity studies, as well as arbitrary parametric evaluations that allow for the delineation of the failure boundaries.

TL;DR: In this paper, a high-speed, high-resolution infrared camera was used to visualize dynamic thermal patterns on the heater's surface over a broad range of heat fluxes, starting from the onset of nucleation and up to boiling crisis.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report on burnout experiments conducted on fresh and aged heaters in pool boiling and conclude that the phenomenon cannot be (macro)hydrodynamically limited, at least at normal pressure and gravity conditions.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that the fundamental assumptions/approximations made in modifying the AMR prolongation/restriction operators and in using the NNI algorithm for interfacial treatment are acceptable from the accuracy point of view, while they enable an effective implementation and utility of the structured AMR technology for solving complex multiphase problems in a highly compressible setting.