Abstract The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK• CEN) is at the forefront of heavy liquid-
metal (HLM) nuclear technology worldwide with the development of the Multi-purpose …

Nonlinear vibrations of a single fuel rod in nuclear heating reactor with fixed-fixed ends and
subjected to various excitation levels are comprehensively analyzed using explicit …

This study investigates the computational modelling of flow-induced vibrations of cantilever
rods subjected to turbulent axial flow at operating conditions relevant to those of fuel rods of …

The flow-induced vibration of a cantilever rod confined in a pipe and exposed to an axial
water flow has been experimentally investigated using a simple test piece designed to be …

Flow-induced vibration (FIV) characteristics of LBE-cooled wire-wrapped rod bundle are
crucial to the wire-to-cladding fretting. In the present study, numerical simulation on FIV of …

This numerical study aims to investigate the effect of inlet turbulence intensity T u (0.05–
5.0%) on flow-induced vibration of an elastic cylinder with fixed ends placed next to a rigid …

Abstract MYRRHA (Multi-purpose hYbrid Research Reactor for High-tech Applications) is a
prototype of a Generation IV reactor that will be constructed in Mol, Belgium. It is a liquid …

Nuclear reactor designs such as PWR and BWR are susceptible to vibrations induced on the
nuclear fuel rods due to fast flowing coolants around the rods. The non-linear behaviour of …

In this work, an advanced solver for the simulation of Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI)
problems for nuclear applications is presented. The numerical framework, called as NRG …

Liquid metal fast reactors typically utilize a tightly packed triangular lattice of fuel pins
helically wrapped with a wire spacer and enclosed in a hexagonal duct. During reactor …