Igor Bolotnov

Zhang, J., Rafique, M., Ding, W., Bolotnov, I. A., & Hampel, U. (2023). A direct numerical simulation study to elucidate the enhancement of heat transfer for nucleate boiling on surfaces with micro-pillars. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2023.106943

Iskhakov, A. S., Tai, C.-K., Bolotnov, I. A., Nguyen, T., Merzari, E., Shaver, D. R., & Dinh, N. T. (2023, March 16). Data-Driven RANS Turbulence Closures for Forced Convection Flow in Reactor Downcomer Geometry. NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 3. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2023.2185056

Tai, C.-K., Nguyen, T., Iskhakov, A. S., Merzari, E., Dinh, N. T., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2023, June 17). Direct Numerical Simulation of Low and Unitary Prandtl Number Fluids in Reactor Downcomer Geometry. NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 6. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2023.2213286

Bolotnov, I. A. (2023, July 24). Direct Numerical Simulation of Single- and Two-Phase Flows for Nuclear Engineering Geometries. NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 7. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2023.2232222

Li, J., Liao, Y., Bolotnov, I. A., Zhou, P., Lucas, D., Li, Q., & Gong, L. (2023). Direct numerical simulation of heat transfer on a deformable vapor bubble rising in superheated liquid. PHYSICS OF FLUIDS, 35(2). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0137675

Zhang, J., Rafique, M., Ding, W., Bolotnov, I. A., & Hampel, U. (2023). Direct numerical simulation of microlayer formation and evaporation underneath a growing bubble driven by the local temperature gradient in nucleate boiling. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THERMAL SCIENCES, 193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2023.108551

Iskhakova, A., Kondo, Y., Tanimoto, K., Dinh, N. T., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2023). Interface Capturing Flow Boiling Simulations in a Compact Heat Exchanger. ASME JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 145(4). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4056688

Tai, C.-K., Mao, J., Petrov, V., Manera, A., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2023, June 9). Study of Stable Stratification in HiRJET Facility With Direct Numerical Simulation. NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, Vol. 6. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2023.2197656

Nguyen, T., Merzari, E., Tai, C.-K., Bolotnov, I. A., & Jackson, B. (2023, July 20). Toward Improved Correlations for Mixed Convection in the Downcomer of Molten Salt Reactors. NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 7. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2023.2223036

Mao, J., Vishwakarma, V., Welker, Z., Tai, C. K., Bolotnov, I. A., Petrov, V., & Manera, A. (2023, August 10). Validation of RANS-Based Turbulence Models Against High-Resolution Experiments and DNS for Buoyancy-Driven Flow with Stratified Fronts. NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2023.2241800

Iskhakov, A. S., Tai, C.-K., Bolotnov, I. A., & Dinh, N. T. (2022, September 10). A Perspective on Data-Driven Coarse Grid Modeling for System Level Thermal Hydraulics. NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, Vol. 9. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2022.2107864

Zhu, Y., Dinh, N. T., Saini, N., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2022). An adaptive knowledge-based data-driven approach for turbulence modeling using ensemble learning technique under complex flow configuration: 3D PWR sub-channel with DNS data. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2022.111814

Fan, Y., Fang, J., & Bolotnov, I. (2022, June). Complex bubble deformation and break-up dynamics studies using interface capturing approach (vol 3, pg 139, 2021). EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL MULTIPHASE FLOW, Vol. 4, pp. 191–191. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42757-021-0127-1

Tai, C.-K., Evdokimov, I., Schlegel, F., Bolotnov, I. A., & Lucas, D. (2022). Development of machine learning framework for interface force closures based on bubble tracking data. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2022.112032

Pillai, N., Sponsel, N. L., Stapelmann, K., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2022). Direct Numerical Simulation of Bubble Formation Through a Submerged "Flute" With Experimental Validation. JOURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 144(2). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052051

Fan, Y., Li, M., Pointer, W. D., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2022). High-fidelity pool boiling simulations on multiple nucleation sites using interface capturing method. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2022.112004

Pillai, N., Sponsel, N. L., Mast, J. T., Kushner, M. J., Bolotnov, I. A., & Stapelmann, K. (2022). Plasma breakdown in bubbles passing between two pin electrodes. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS D-APPLIED PHYSICS, 55(47). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ac9538

Bolotnov, I., & Benhamadouche, S. (2022, August 3). Selected papers from the 2020 International Topical Meeting on Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH'20) Foreword. NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 208, pp. III-III. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2022.2086385

Saini, N., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2021, December 8). Detailed Analysis of the Effects of Spacer Grid and Mixing Vanes on Turbulence in a PWR Subchannel Under DFFB Conditions Based on DNS Data. NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 12. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2021.1974279

Zimmer, M. D., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2021). Evaluation of Length Scales and Meshing Requirements for Resolving Two-Phase Flow Regime Transitions Using the Level Set Method. JOURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 143(6). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049934

Lahey, R. T., Jr., Baglietto, E., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2021). Progress in multiphase computational fluid dynamics. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2020.111018

Saini, N., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2021). Two-Phase Turbulence Statistics from High Fidelity Dispersed Droplet Flow Simulations in a Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Sub-Channel with Mixing Vanes. FLUIDS, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids6020072

Fang, J., Purser, M. K., Smith, C., Balakrishnan, R., Bolotnov, I. A., & Jansen, K. E. (2020). Annular Flow Simulation Supported by Iterative In-Memory Mesh Adaptation. NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 194(8-9), 676–689. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2020.1743577

Zimmer, M. D., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2020). Exploring Two-Phase Flow Regime Transition Mechanisms Using High-Resolution Virtual Experiments. NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, 194(8-9), 708–720. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2020.1722543

Cambareri, J. J., Fang, J., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2020). Interface capturing simulations of bubble population effects in PWR subchannels. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2020.110709

Fang, J., Cambareri, J. J., Li, M., Saini, N., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2020). [Review of Interface-Resolved Simulations of Reactor Flows]. NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, 206(2), 133–149. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2019.1620056

Hanna, B. N., Dinh, N. T., Youngblood, R. W., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2020). Machine-learning based error prediction approach for coarse-grid Computational Fluid Dynamics (CG-CFD). PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY, 118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2019.103140

Cambareri, J. J., Fang, J., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2020, March). Simulation scaling studies of reactor core two-phase flow using direct numerical simulation. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, Vol. 358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2019.110435

Li, M., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2020). The evaporation and condensation model with interface tracking. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER, 150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.119256

Li, M., Zeng, K., Wonnell, L., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2019). Development of a New Contact Angle Control Algorithm for Level-Set Method. JOURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 141(6). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4041987

Zimmer, M. D., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2019). Slug-to-churn vertical two-phase flow regime transition study using an interface tracking approach. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW, 115, 196–206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2019.04.003

Fang, J., Cambareri, J. J., Brown, C. S., Feng, J., Gouws, A., Li, M., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2018). Direct numerical simulation of reactor two-phase flows enabled by high-performance computing. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 330, 409–419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.02.024

Feng, J., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2018). Effect of the wall presence on the bubble interfacial forces in a shear flow field. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW, 99, 73–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2017.10.004

Fang, J., Cambareri, J. J., Rasquin, M., Gouws, A., Balakrishnan, R., Jansen, K. E., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2018). Interface Tracking Investigation of Geometric Effects on the Bubbly Flow in PWR Subchannels. Nuclear Science and Engineering, 193(1-2), 46–62. https://doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2018.1499280

Guillen, D. P., Cambareri, J., Abboud, A. W., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2018). Numerical comparison of bubbling in a waste glass melter. ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, 113, 380–392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2017.11.044

Fang, J., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2017). Bubble tracking analysis of PWR two-phase flow simulations based on the level set method. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 323, 68–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2017.07.034

Talley, M. L., Zimmer, M. D., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2017). Coalescence Prevention Algorithm for Level Set Method. JOURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 139(8). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4036246

Feng, J., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2017). Evaluation of bubble-induced turbulence using direct numerical simulation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW, 93, 92–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2017.04.003

Peeples, J. L., Magerl, M., O'Brien, E. M., Doster, J. M., Bolotnov, I. A., Wieland, B. W., & Stokely, M. H. (2017). High Current C-11 Gas Target Design and Optimization Using Multi-Physics Coupling. WTTC16: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 16TH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON TARGETRY AND TARGET CHEMISTRY, Vol. 1845. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4983547

Fang, J., Rasquin, M., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2017). Interface tracking simulations of bubbly flows in PWR relevant geometries. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 312, 205–213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2016.07.002

Feng, J., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2017). Interfacial force study on a single bubble in laminar and turbulent flows. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 313, 345–360. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2016.12.034

Magolan, B., Baglietto, E., Brown, C., Bolotnov, I. A., Tryggvason, G., & Lu, J. (2017). Multiphase turbulence mechanisms identification from consistent analysis of direct numerical simulation data. Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 49(6), 1318–1325. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.NET.2017.08.001

Brown, C. S., Shaver, D. R., Lahey, R. T., Jr., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2017). Wall-resolved spectral cascade-transport turbulence model. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 320, 309–324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2017.06.001

Li, M. N., & Bolotnov, I. (2016). Interface tracking simulation of phase-change phenomena: boiling and condensation verification. Proceedings of the asme fluids engineering division summer meeting, 2016, vol 1a. https://doi.org/10.1115/fedsm2016-7701

Brown, C. S., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2016, November). Spectral Analysis of Single- and Two-Phase Bubbly DNS in Different Geometries. NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, Vol. 184, pp. 363–376. https://doi.org/10.13182/nse15-126

Mishra, A. V., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2015). DNS of turbulent flow with hemispherical wall roughness. JOURNAL OF TURBULENCE, Vol. 16, pp. 225–249. https://doi.org/10.1080/14685248.2014.989231

Thomas, A. M., Fang, J., Feng, J., & Bolotnov, I. A. (2015, June). ESTIMATION OF SHEAR-INDUCED LIFT FORCE IN LAMINAR AND TURBULENT FLOWS. NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 190, pp. 274–291. https://doi.org/10.13182/nt14-72

Behafarid, F., Shaver, D., Bolotnov, I. A., Antal, S. P., Jansen, K. E., & Podowski, M. Z. (2013, January). COUPLED DNS/RANS SIMULATION OF FISSION GAS DISCHARGE DURING LOSS-OF-FLOW ACCIDENT IN GENERATION IV SODIUM FAST REACTOR. NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 181, pp. 44–55. https://doi.org/10.13182/nt13-a15755

Bolotnov, I. A. (2013). Influence of Bubbles on the Turbulence Anisotropy. JOURNAL OF FLUIDS ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME, 135(5). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4023651

Bolotnov, I. (2012). Influence of bubbles on the turbulence anisotropy. Proceedings of the asme fluids engineering division summer meeting, 2012, vol 1, pts a and b, symposia, 695–702. https://doi.org/10.1115/fedsm2012-72412

Bolotnov, I. A., Antal, S. P., Jansen, K. E., & Podowski, M. Z. (2012). Multidimensional analysis of fission gas transport following fuel element failure in sodium fast reactor. NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, 247, 136–146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2012.02.004

Bolotnov, I. A., Jansen, K. E., Drew, D. A., Oberai, A. A., Lahey, R. T., Jr., & Podowski, M. Z. (2011). Detached direct numerical simulations of turbulent two-phase bubbly channel flow. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIPHASE FLOW, 37(6), 647–659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2011.03.002

Bolotnov, I. A., Lahey, R. T., Jr., Drew, D. A., Jansen, K. E., & Oberai, A. A. (2010). Spectral analysis of turbulence based on the DNS of a channel flow. Computers & Fluids, 39(4), 640–655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2009.11.001

Bolotnov, I. A., Lahey, R. T., Jr., Drew, D. A., Jansen, K. E., & Oberai, A. A. (2008). A spectral turbulent cascade model for single- and two-phase uniform shear flows. Journal of Turbulence, 9, N26. https://doi.org/10.1080/14685240802261102