Publications

  1. M. A. Christon, Hybrid Wall Treatment for RANS in Complex Geometry Turbulent Flows, Computational Sciences International, CSI-2017-1, March, 2017.
  2. M. A. Christon, J. Bakosi, B. T. Nadiga, M. Berndt, M. M. Francois, A. K. Stagg, Y. Xia, H. Luo, A Hybrid Incremental Projection Method for Thermal-Hydraulics Applications, Journal of Computational Physics, V. 317, pp. 383 - 404, 2016.
  3. Y. Xia, C. Wang, H. Luo, M. Christon, J. Bakosi, Assessment of a hybrid finite element and finite volume code for turbulent incompressible flows, Journal of Computational Physics, V. 307, pp. 653 - 669, 2016.
  4. G. C. Glover, Simulation of a backward facing step using Hydra-TH, Science & Technology Facilities Council, Daresbury Laboratory, Cheshire, UK, 2015.
  5. P. O'Leary, M. Christon, S. Jourdain, C. Harris, M. Berndt, A. Bauer, HPCCloud: A Cloud/Web-Based Simulation Environment, IEEE 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science, pp. 25-33, 2015.

Hydra Toolkit Theory Manuals

  1. Computational Sciences International, The Hydra Toolkit Computational Fluid Dynamics Theory Manual, CSI-2015-1, Rev. A,  Computational Sciences International, May, 2017
  2. Computational Sciences International, The Hydra Toolkit Rigid Body Dynamics Theory Manual, CSI-2017-2, Computaional Sciences International, December, 2017.

Fluid-Solid Interaction

  1. D. G. Tipton, M. A. Christon, M. S. Ingber, Coupled Fluid-Solid Interaction Under Shock Wave Loading, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, V. 67, pp. 848 - 884, 2010.

Lagrangian Hydrodynamics

  1. S. K. Sambasivan, M. K. Shaskov, D. E. Burton, M. A. Christon, Mimetic Theory for Cell-Centered Lagrangian Finite Volume Formulation on General Unstructured Grid, LA-UR-12-23177, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2012.

Thermal Hydraulics

Full-Vessel Simulation

  1. M.H.A. Piro, M. Christon, B. Tensuda, M. Poschmann, M. Brushewski, S. Grundmann, C. Tropea, Fluid Flow in a diametrically expanded CANDU fuel channel - Part 2: Computational study, accepted for publication Nuclear Engineering Design, October, 2019.
  2. M. A. Christon, R. Lu, J. Bakosi, B. T. Nadiga, Z. Karoutas, M. Berndt, Large-Eddy Simulation, Fuel Rod Vibration and Grid-to-Rod Fretting,  Journal for Computational Physics, V. 322, pp. 142 - 161, 2016.
  3. M. H. A. Piro, M. Bruschewsk, D. Fredenhammer, C. Azih, F. Wasserman, S. Grundmann, S. J. Kim, M. Christon, M. Berndt, and C. Tropea, Experimental and Computational Investigations of Flow By-Pass in a 37-Element CANDU Fuel Bundel in a Crept Pressure Tube, OECD/NEA & IAEA Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics for Nuclear Reactor Safety, Cambridge, USA, Sept. 2016.
  4. M. H. A. Piro, F. Wassermann, S. Grundmann, S. J. Kim, M. Christon, M. Berndt, M. Nishimura and C. Tropea, Fluid Flow Investigation within a 37 Element CANDU Fuel Bundle Supported by Magnetic Resonance Velocimetry and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Submitted to International Journal for Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, 2016.
  5. A. K. Stagg, S.-J. Yoon, Hydra-TH Extensions for Multispecies and Thermosolutal Convection, ORNL/TM-2015/509, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September, 2015.
  6. T. M. Smith, M. A. Christon, E. Baglietto, and H. Luo, Assessment of Models for Near Wall Behavior and Swirling Flows in Nuclear Reactor Sub-systems Simulations, ETC15 Conference, Delft, Netherlands, 2015.
  7. Bakosi, J., M. A. Christon, R. Lowrie, L. Pritchett-Sheats and R. Nourgaliev, Large-Eddy Simulations of Turbulent Flow for Grid-to-Rod Fretting in Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Volume 262, pp. 544-561, 2013.
  8. R. Nourgaliev, M. A. Christon, J. Bakosi, R. Lowrie and L. Pritchett-Sheats, Hydra-TH: A Thermal-Hydraulics Code for Nuclear Reactor Applications, Proceedings of the 15th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermalhydraulics, Pisa, Italy, 2013.
  9. J. Bakosi, N. Barnett, M. A. Christon, M. Francois and R. Lowrie, Large-Scale Turbulent Simulations of Grid-To-Rod Fretting, Proceedings of The Experimental Validation and Application of CFD and CMFD Codes in Nuclear Reactor Technology (CFD4NRS-4), OECD/NEA and IAEA Workshop, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), Daejon, South Korea, 2012.