Critical evaluation of accident tolerant fuel selection criteria for APR-1400 nuclear reactors

M Alrwashdeh, A Alzarooni, KS Chaudri… - … in Physics: X, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The United Arab Emirates (UAE) launched its nuclear energy program in 2008,
achieving notable outcomes with the 'UAE Policy on the Peaceful Use of Nuclear …

[HTML][HTML] Cross flow over two heated cylinders in tandem arrangements at subcritical Reynolds number using large eddy simulations

I Afgan, Y Kahil, S Benhamadouche, M Ali… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study analyses the heat transfer and flow characteristics of cross-flow over two heated
infinite cylinders in a tandem (in-line) configuration. Non-isothermal Large Eddy Simulations …

Influence of corium temperature, concrete composition and water injection time on concrete ablation during MCCI: New insights

I Khurshid, I Afgan, AM Alade, A Yacine - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Molten corium, a mixture of molten nuclear fuel, cladding, thermo-hydraulic and structural
elements, can originate in a nuclear plant accident after a reactor core meltdown. This un …

Effect of various multiple strip inserts and nanofluids on the thermal–hydraulic performances of parabolic trough collectors

N Abed, I Afgan, A Cioncolini, H Iacovides… - Applied Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The thermal performance of the parabolic trough collectors can be improved by the use of
swirl generator inserts added to the solar receiver. These inserts help improve the energy …

Effect of base blowing by a large-scale fluidic oscillator on the bistable wake behind a flat-back Ahmed body

D Veerasamy, AR Tajik, L Pastur, V Parezanović - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The dynamics of the wake behind a flat-back Ahmed body are modified using a large-scale
fluidic oscillator, aiming at drag reduction and the reflectional symmetry breaking (RSB) …

Thermal-hydraulic analysis of parabolic trough collectors using straight conical strip inserts with nanofluids

N Abed, I Afgan, H Iacovides, A Cioncolini, I Khurshid… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, we numerically investigated the effect of swirl inserts with and without
nanofluids over a range of Reynolds numbers for parabolic trough collectors with non …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal analysis of baffle jetting in fuel rod assembly

M Ali, AK Alkaabi, SA Alameri, I Afgan - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Baffle jetting plays a significant role when it comes to safe operation of nuclear power plants.
The baffle jetting phenomenon is the generation of horizontal flow im**ement on …

Sensitivity of a fluidic oscillator to modifications of feedback channel and mixing chamber geometry

AR Tajik, K Kara, V Parezanović - Experiments in Fluids, 2021 - Springer
This experimental study investigates the effects of internal geometry modifications on the
performance of a curved Swee** Jet actuator. The modifications are applied to the …

A numerical approach to investigate the impact of acid-asphaltene sludge formation on wormholing during carbonate acidizing

I Khurshid, EW Al-Shalabi… - Journal of Energy …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Carbonate acidization is the process of creating wormholes by injecting acid to increase
reservoir permeability and oil production. Nevertheless, some reservoir oils are problematic …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation of subcritical-Reynolds-number flow around four cylinders in square arrangement configuration using LES

Y Kahil, S Benhamadouche, AS Berrouk… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The flow around four infinite cylinders in a square arrangement was numerically modeled
using dynamic Smagorinsky Large Eddy Simulation (LES). For the simulations five different …