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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]

Paul Fischerb Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439;c University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801

Misun Minb Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439

Stefan Kerkemeierb Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439

Aleksandr Obabkob Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439

Dillon Shaverb Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439

Haomin Yuanb Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439

Yiqi Yub Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439

Javier Martinezb Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439

Landon Brockmeyerb Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439

Lambert Fickd Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Giacomo Buscod Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

Alper Yildizd Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

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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