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Large Scale Computations in Nuclear Engineering: CFD for Multiphase Flows and DNS for Turbulent Flows with/without Magnetic Field

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Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics 2008

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Large scale computations are being carried out in nuclear engineering fields such as light water reactors, fast breeder reactors, high temperature gas-cooled reactors and nuclear fusion reactors. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) regarding not only the single-phase flows but also the two-phase flow plays an important role for the developments of advanced nuclear reactor systems. In this review paper, some examples of large scale computations in nuclear engineering fields are illustrated by using a parallel visualization.

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  1. Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo, Kyoto, 6060-8501, Japan

    Tomoaki Kunugi & Yasuo Ose

  2. Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, 278-8510, Japan

    Shin-ichi Satake

  3. Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4, Shirakata, Tokai-mura, 319-1195, Japan

    Hiroyuki Yoshida & Kazuyuki Takase

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Kunugi, T., Satake, Si., Ose, Y., Yoshida, H., Takase, K. (2010). Large Scale Computations in Nuclear Engineering: CFD for Multiphase Flows and DNS for Turbulent Flows with/without Magnetic Field. In: Tromeur-Dervout, D., Brenner, G., Emerson, D., Erhel, J. (eds) Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics 2008. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, vol 74. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14438-7_1

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