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Nuclear Technology Volume 206, 2020 - Issue 9: Selected papers from the 18th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-18)
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Toward Exascale: Overview of Large Eddy Simulations and Direct Numerical Simulations of Nuclear Reactor Flows with the Spectral Element Method in Nek5000

Elia Merzaria The Pennsylvania State University, 228 Hallowell, University Park, PennsylvaniaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Paul Fischerb Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439;c University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
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Misun Minb Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439
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Stefan Kerkemeierb Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439
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Aleksandr Obabkob Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439
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Dillon Shaverb Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439
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Haomin Yuanb Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439
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Yiqi Yub Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439
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Javier Martinezb Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439
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Landon Brockmeyerb Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439
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Lambert Fickd Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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Giacomo Buscod Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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Alper Yildizd Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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Yassin Hassand Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
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Pages 1308-1324 | Received 30 Dec 2019, Accepted 25 Mar 2020, Published online: 25 Jun 2020

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Igor A. Bolotnov. (2023) Direct Numerical Simulation of Single- and Two-Phase Flows for Nuclear Engineering Geometries. Nuclear Technology 209:10, pages 1405-1413.
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