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Contents vii

4 System thermal hydraulics for liquid metals 157
N. Forgione, D. Castelliti, A. Gerschenfeld, M. Polidori,
A. Del Nevo, R. Hu
4.1 Convective heat transfer with liquid metals 157
4.2 Hydrodynamic model for STH codes 162
4.3 Thermodynamic properties for the liquid metals to be
implemented in a STH code 165
4.4 RELAP5/Mod3.3 modified code and application 168
4.5 Other STH codes used in the SESAME project 180
References 183
Further reading 184

5 Subchannel analysis for LMR 185
X. Cheng
5.1 Introduction 186
5.2 SCTH analysis 191
References 210
Further reading 211

6 CFD—Introduction 213
F. Roelofs, A. Shams
6.1 Direct numerical simulation 213
6.2 Large-eddy simulation 214
6.3 Reynolds-averaged Navier Stokes equations 215
6.4 Reduced resolution RANS 217
6.5 Low-resolution CFD 217
References 217

6.1.1 Direct numerical simulations for liquid metal applications 219
I. Tiselj, E. Stalio, D. Angeli, J. Oder
6.1.1.1 Introduction 219
6.1.1.2 Direct numerical simulation techniques 224
6.1.1.3 Boundary and initial conditions 227
6.1.1.4 Results: Channel flow 230
6.1.1.5 Results: Nonplanar geometries 236
6.1.1.6 Conclusions 240
References 241

6.1.2 Large-eddy simulation: Application to liquid metal fluid flow
and heat transfer 245
Y. Bartosiewicz, M. Duponcheel
6.1.2.1 Introduction 245
6.1.2.2 LES equations 248
6.1.2.3 Subgrid-scale models 253
6.1.2.4 Application 262
6.1.2.5 Concluding remarks 269
References 270