Subject : 459.570A Topics in Energy Systems Engineering : Computational Nuclear Thermal-Hydraulics
Credits Department Representative Instructor
Position Name Email
3 Department of Energy Systems Engineering
Assistant Professor
Cho, Hyoung Kyu
1. Goals This course deals with the advanced techniques of the thermal-hydraulic analysis, such as computational fluid dynamics for the two-phase flow. Basic knowledge for the nuclear safety is required to take this course. The followings are included;
numerical methods for single- and two- phase flows and constitutive relations for two-phase flows anlaysis.
2. Texts and References
“An Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics” H. K. Versteeg and W.
Malalasekera, 2nd Edition, Pearson, 2007.
3. Evaluation Attendance (%)
Task (%)
Medium (%)
Final (%)
Attitude (%)
Others (%)
Total(%)
5% 70% 25% 0% 0% 0% 100%
Remark : 4.Lecture Plan [ 1 Week ]
1. Course Description
2. Conservation laws of fluid motion and boundary conditions [ 2 Week ]
3. Turbulence and its modelling (1) 4. Turbulence and its modelling (2) [ 3 Week ]
5. Turbulence and its modelling (1) 6. Turbulence and its modelling (2) [ 4 Week ]
7. The finite volume method for diffusion problems (1) 8. The finite volume method for diffusion problems (2) [ 5 Week ]
9. The finite volume method for convection-diffusion problems (1) 10. The finite volume method for convection-diffusion problems (2) [ 6 Week ]
11. The finite volume method for convection-diffusion problems (2) 12. Solution algorithms for pressure---velocity coupling in steady flows (1) [ 7 Week ]
13. Solution algorithms for pressure---velocity coupling in steady flows (2)
14. Solution algorithms for pressure---velocity coupling in steady flows (3) [ 8 Week ]
15. Solution algorithms for pressure---velocity coupling in steady flows (4) 16. Solution of discretized equations
[9 Week ]
17. The finite volume method for unsteady flows (1) 18. The finite volume method for unsteady flows (2) [ 10 Week ]
19. Implementation of boundary conditions 20.Mid-term exam.
[ 11 Week ]
21. Two-fluid model
22. Two-fluid model and closure equations [ 12 Week ]
23. Two-fluid model and closure equations 24. Two-phase flow solution algorithm [ 13 Week ]
25. Two-phase flow solution algorithm 26. Two-phase flow solution algorithm [ 14 Week ]
27. Sample problems 28. Sample problems [ 15 Week ]
29. Complex problems 30. Complex problems
