R-Functions in mathematical simulation of physical fields in lattices of fuel elements

2012 ◽  
Vol 185 (6) ◽  
pp. 815-823
Author(s):  
T. I. Boltenkova ◽  
T. I. Sheyko
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Simulation ◽  
Physical Fields ◽  
Fuel Elements ◽  
R Functions

scholarly journals Thermal Accelerometer Simulation by the R‑Functions Method

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (23) ◽  
pp. 8373
Author(s):  
Mikhail Basarab ◽  
Alain Giani ◽  
Philippe Combette
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Simulation ◽  
Performance Optimization ◽  
Transfer Problem ◽  
Thermal Characteristics ◽  
Temperature Response ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Diffusion Convection ◽  
Analytical Approaches ◽  
Benchmark Solutions ◽  
R Functions

As well as many modern devices, thermal accelerometers (TAs) need a sophisticated mathematical simulation to find the ways for their performance optimization. In the paper, a novel approach for solving computational fluid dynamics (CFD) problems in the TA’s cavity is proposed (MQ-RFM), which is based on the combined use of Rvachev’s R-functions method (RFM) and the Galerkin technique with multiquadric (MQ) radial basis functions (RBFs). The semi-analytical RFM takes an intermediate position between traditional analytical approaches and numerical methods, such as the finite-element method (FEM), belonging to the family of the so-called meshless techniques which became popular in the last decades in solving various CFD problems in complex-shaped cavities. Mathematical simulation of TA by using the MQ-RFM was carried out with the purpose to simulate the temperature response of the device and to study and improve its performance. The results of numerical experiments were compared with well-known analytical and numerical benchmark solutions for the circular annulus geometry and it demonstrated the effectiveness of the MQ-RFM for solving the convective heat-transfer problem in the TA’s cavity. The use of solution structures allows one to take a relatively small number of expansion terms to achieve an appropriate accuracy of the approximate solution satisfying at the same time the given boundary conditions exactly. The application of the MQ-RFM gives the possibility to obtain semi-analytical solutions to the diffusion-convection problems and to identify the main thermal characteristics of the TA, that allows one to improve the device performance.

Mathematical simulation of heat transfer during fluid flow for a fuel element with a polyzonal finned shell

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 58-63
Author(s):  
K. Maksymenko-Sheiko ◽  
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Yu. Litvinova ◽  
T. Sheyko ◽  
M. Khazhmuradov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Fluid Flow ◽  
Fuel Element ◽  
Mathematical Simulation
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