Coupled calculations using the numerical nuclear reactor for integrated simulation of neutronic and thermal-hydraulic phenomena

Proceedings of the PHYSOR 2004: The Physics of Fuel Cycles and Advanced Nuclear Systems - Global Developments

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 69-78

  Weber, D P ^a   Sofu, T ^a   Yang, W S ^a   Downar, T J ^b   Thomas, J W ^b   Zhong, Z ^b   Joo, H G ^c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CFD; Computational fluid dynamics; Core analysis; Coupled codes; High performance computing; Integral transport theory; Neutronics; Numerical reactor; Parallel computers; Reactor physics; Thermal hydraulics

Indexed keywords

COUPLED CODES; HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; INTEGRAL TRANSPORT THEORY; NEUTRONICS; NUMERICAL REACTOR; PARALLEL COMPUTERS; REACTOR PHYSICS; THERMAL-HYDRAULICS;

CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORE ANALYSIS; HYDRAULICS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); NEUTRONS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 22344455738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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