Abstract: Abstract. The point of onset of nucleate boiling (ONB) is the transition point from convection to boiling. Understanding the variation in ONB with heater parameters, namely, heater width, thickness, material, and subcooling, ...

Abstract: Detailed multiphysics modeling of nuclear power plants has become a necessity in the era of best-estimate analysis. For a number of transients with strong coupling between the neutronics in the reactor core and the ...