Computational Fluid-Structure Interaction for Nuclear Reactor Applications

Dr. Afaque Shams is senior research consultant at Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG), the Netherlands. He is a well-known expert in nuclear thermal hydraulics, particularly turbulence modelling, fluid-structure interaction and high-fidelity simulations. Since 2010, he has been actively involved in several national and international projects for the design and safety support of different reactor types (Generation II, III and IV). He is leading a work-package on ‘turbulence and vibration’ in a European collaborative project ‘thermal hydraulics Simulations and Experiments for the Safety Assessment of Metal cooled reactors (SESAME)’. Dr. Shams has authored or written more than 100 scientific articles.

1. Introduction and Motivation 2. Fluid-Structure Interaction 3. Importance of understanding FIV in nuclear reactor components 4. FIV in Nuclear Reactor Components 5. Analytical Methods for the Evaluation of FIV 6. Computational Methods for FSI 7. Application of computational FSI/FIV for reactor components 8. FSI/FIV real-life challenges for nuclear power plant applications 9. Other FSI/FIV related Topics 10. Conclusion