Thermal Aspects of Nuclear Reactors

Catalog Description

• Fluid dynamics and heat transfer; thermal and hydraulic analysis of nuclear reactors; two-phase flow and boiling; compressible flow; stress analysis; energy conversion methods. Offered even-numbered years.

Course Prerequisites

• Mechanical Engineering 106 and 109 or Chemical Engineering 150B

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

• To be announced

Course Objectives

• Present the principles of thermal-hydraulic analysis of nuclear power systems with special emphasis towards the analysis of nuclear power reactors
• Develope the generalized form of the conservation equations of mass, motion and energy
• Illustrate their solutions by applying to specific phenomena in the design of nuclear systems
• Present a top-down view of reactor transient response
• Illustrate how system models can be developed and validated against experimental data

Class schedule

• Four hours of lecture per week