selected publications
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academic article
- Branch-and-Bound algorithm applied to uncertainty quantification of a Boiling Water Reactor Station Blackout. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 295:283-304. 2015
- Effects of adverse and favorable pressure gradients on entropy generation in a transitional boundary layer region under the influence of freestream turbulence. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 77:475-488. 2014
- Optimization method to branch-and-bound large SBO state spaces under dynamic probabilistic risk assessment via use of LENDIT scales and S2R2 sets. Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology. 51:1212-1230. 2014
- Morphological analysis of zirconium nuclear fuel retaining rods braided with SiC: Quality assurance and defect identification. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 451:216-224. 2014
- Oxidation and hydrogen uptake in zirconium, Zircaloy-2 and Zircaloy-4: Computational thermodynamics and ab initio calculations. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 444:65-75. 2014
- Ultra-high temperature steam corrosion of complex silicates for nuclear applications: A computational study. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 444:56-64. 2014
- Computational and experimental prediction of dust production in pebble bed reactors, Part I. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 263:500-508. 2013
- Computational and experimental prediction of dust production in pebble bed reactors, Part II. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 263:509-514. 2013
- Entropy generation in a transitional boundary layer region under the influence of freestream turbulence using transitional RANS models and DNS. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 41:10-16. 2013
- The application of an internal state variable model to the viscoplastic behavior of irradiated ASTM 304L stainless steel. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 250:1-7. 2012
- Computational prediction of dust production in pebble bed reactors. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 243:33-40. 2012
- Development of metal-carbon eutectic cells for application as high temperature reference points in nuclear reactor severe accident tests: Results on the Fe-C, Co-C, Ti-C and Ru-C alloys' melting/freezing transformation temperature under electromagnetic induction heating. High Temperatures-high Pressures. 41:423-448. 2012
- Initial prediction of dust production in pebble bed reactors. Mechanical Sciences. 2:189-195. 2011
- Characteristic Role of Crosslinker on Thermally Induced Volumetric Contraction-Expansion Processes in Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) Networks and Water Systems. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 112:3177-3184. 2009
- Design of Liquid Metal Phase Change Heat Exchanger for Next-Generation Nuclear Plant Process Heat Application. Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology. 46:534-544. 2009
- EBaLM-THP - A neural network thermohydraulic prediction model of advanced nuclear system components. Nuclear Engineering and Design. 239:308-319. 2009
- Temperature dependence of density of polymer gels: Effects of ionizable groups in copoly(N-isopropylacrylamide/acrylic acid or sodium acrylate) - water systems. Polymers. 49:525-533. 2008
- Benchmark Simulation of Turbulent Flow through a Staggered Tube Bundle to Support CFD as a Reactor Design Tool. Part I: SRANS CFD Simulation. Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology. 45:1293-1304. 2008