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 …

[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 …

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 …

Data-driven Reynolds-averaged turbulence modeling with generalizable non-linear correction and uncertainty quantification using Bayesian deep learning

H Tang, Y Wang, T Wang, L Tian, Y Qian - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The past few years have witnessed a renewed blossoming of data-driven turbulence
models. Quantification of the concomitant modeling uncertainty, however, has mostly been …

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 …

Vortex shedding: a review on flat plate

A Teimourian, SG Yazdi, H Hacisevki - Fluid Dynamics, 2018 - Springer
Flat plates, both single and in tandem or side by side arrangement, are widely used in many
engineering applications. Despite vast investigations of the flow structures and wakes …

A dual-mesh hybrid RANS-LES simulation of the buoyant flow in a differentially heated square cavity with an improved resolution criterion

AEA Ali, I Afgan, D Laurence, A Revell - Computers & Fluids, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, the dual-mesh hybrid RANS-LES approach was applied for the first time to a
natural convection flow, namely a high Rayleigh number differentially heated square cavity …

[HTML][HTML] A dual-mesh hybrid Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes/Large eddy simulation study of the buoyant flow between coaxial cylinders

AEA Ali, I Afgan, D Laurence, A Revell - Nuclear Engineering and Design, 2022 - Elsevier
This study is concerned with the investigation of the suitability of the dual-mesh method for
the buoyancy driven flow inside a cylindrical annulus with one internal cylinder. This flow …

Influence of uncertain inflow conditions on a subsonic compressor cascade based on wind tunnel experiment

L Gao, C Ma, M Cai, R Li, H Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The intended inflow condition of compressors is subject to the uncertain inflow Mach number
(Ma 1) and incidence angle (i). To quantify the effects of uncertain inflow conditions, real …