• Title of article

    Notesontheimplementationofafully-implicitnumericalschemeforatwo-phasethree-fieldflowmodelOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    CesareFrepoli، نويسنده , , JohnH.Mahaffy، نويسنده , , KatsuhiroOhkawa، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
  • Pages
    27
  • From page
    191
  • To page
    217
  • Abstract
    Thedevelopmentofafully-implicitschemetomodelthetwo-phasethree-fieldflowandheattransferproblemispresentedhere.ThemodelwasoriginallydevelopedtosimulatethecomplexphenomenaoccurringinproximityofthequenchfrontofanuclearreactorcoreduringtherefloodphaseofapostulatedLOCA.Thefully-implicitmethodallowsrelativelargetimestepstobeusedevenonveryfinespatialgridswhichcannotbeconsideredwhenasemi-implicitschemeisappliedtosolvetheconservationequation.Theobjectiveofthispaperistocaptureasmuchaspossible,thelessonslearnedduringthedevelopmentandcodingofthefully-implicittwo-phasethree-fieldmodel.Theimplementationofthemodelisoneofthemosttimeconsumingandachallengingtask.Theliteratureonnumericalmodelsgenerallyconcentratesonthetheoreticalaspectsofthenumericalmethodbutavailableinformationontheproblemsencounteredduringtheimplementationofsuchmethodsforrealapplicationsisscarce.Thereasonisthatmanyofthesemethodsaretailoredtospecificapplicationsandsometimesareratherempirical.Thesetechniquesaretheresultofalongandtedioustrialanderrorprocessfromthedeveloper.Thearticlepresentedhereattemptstoprovidesomeinsightsandguidelinesforfuturedevelopmentofthisorsimilarmodels.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2003
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894606