@article{vaglio-gaudard_destouches_hawari_avramova_ivanov_valentine_blaise_hudelot_2023, title={Challenge for the validation of high-fidelity multi-physics LWR modeling and simulation: Development of new experiments in research reactors}, volume={11}, ISSN={["2296-598X"]}, DOI={10.3389/fenrg.2023.1110979}, journal={FRONTIERS IN ENERGY RESEARCH}, author={Vaglio-Gaudard, Claire and Destouches, Christophe and Hawari, Ayman and Avramova, Maria and Ivanov, Kostadin and Valentine, Timothy and Blaise, Patrick and Hudelot, Jean-Pascal}, year={2023}, month={Jan} } @article{aly_beeler_avramova_2022, title={Ab initio molecular dynamics investigation of gamma-(U,Zr) structural and thermal properties as a function of temperature and composition}, volume={561}, ISSN={["1873-4820"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.153523}, journal={JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS}, author={Aly, Ahmed and Beeler, Benjamin and Avramova, Maria}, year={2022}, month={Apr} } @article{delipei_rouxelin_abarca_hou_avramova_ivanov_2022, title={CTF-PARCS Core Multi-Physics Computational Framework for Efficient LWR Steady-State, Depletion and Transient Uncertainty Quantification}, volume={15}, ISSN={["1996-1073"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.3390/en15145226}, DOI={10.3390/en15145226}, number={14}, journal={ENERGIES}, author={Delipei, Gregory K. and Rouxelin, Pascal and Abarca, Agustin and Hou, Jason and Avramova, Maria and Ivanov, Kostadin}, year={2022}, month={Jul} } @article{salko_wysocki_blyth_toptan_hu_kumar_dances_dawn_sung_kucukboyaci_et al._2022, title={CTF: A modernized, production-level, thermal hydraulic solver for the solution of industry-relevant challenge problems in pressurized water reactors}, volume={397}, ISSN={["1872-759X"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.nucengdes.2022.111927}, journal={NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN}, author={Salko, Robert and Wysocki, Aaron and Blyth, Taylor and Toptan, Aysenur and Hu, Jianwei and Kumar, Vineet and Dances, Chris and Dawn, William and Sung, Yixing and Kucukboyaci, Vefa and et al.}, year={2022}, month={Oct} } @article{lin_athe_rouxelin_avramova_gupta_youngblood_lane_dinh_2022, title={Digital-twin-based improvements to diagnosis, prognosis, strategy assessment, and discrepancy checking in a nearly autonomous management and control system}, volume={166}, ISSN={["1873-2100"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108715}, journal={ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY}, author={Lin, Linyu and Athe, Paridhi and Rouxelin, Pascal and Avramova, Maria and Gupta, Abhinav and Youngblood, Robert and Lane, Jeffrey and Dinh, Nam}, year={2022}, month={Feb} } @article{aly_beeler_avramova_2022, title={Investigation of ?-(U, Zr) structural properties and its interfacial properties with liquid sodium using ab initio molecular dynamics}, volume={567}, ISSN={["1873-4820"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.153835}, DOI={10.1016/j.jnucmat.2022.153835}, journal={JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Aly, Ahmed and Beeler, Benjamin and Avramova, Maria}, year={2022}, month={Aug} } @article{rouxelin_alfonsi_strydom_avramova_ivanov_2022, title={Propagation of VHTRC manufacturing uncertainties with RAVEN/PHISICS}, volume={165}, ISSN={["1873-2100"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108667}, journal={ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY}, author={Rouxelin, Pascal and Alfonsi, Andrea and Strydom, Gerhard and Avramova, Maria and Ivanov, Kostadin}, year={2022}, month={Jan} } @article{altahhan_geemert_avramova_ivanov_2021, title={Development and verification of a higher-order mathematical adjoint nodal diffusion solver}, volume={163}, ISSN={["1873-2100"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.anucene.2021.108548}, journal={ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY}, author={Altahhan, Muhammad Ramzy and Geemert, Rene and Avramova, Maria and Ivanov, Kostadin}, year={2021}, month={Dec} } @article{delipei_hou_avramova_rouxelin_ivanov_2021, title={Summary of comparative analysis and conclusions from OECD/NEA LWR-UAM benchmark Phase I}, volume={384}, ISSN={["1872-759X"]}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111474}, DOI={10.1016/j.nucengdes.2021.111474}, journal={NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Delipei, Gregory Kyriakos and Hou, Jason and Avramova, Maria and Rouxelin, Pascal and Ivanov, Kostadin}, year={2021}, month={Dec} } @article{avramova_2020, title={Developments in thermal-hydraulic sub-channel modeling for whole core multi-physics simulations}, volume={358}, ISSN={["1872-759X"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.nucengdes.2019.110387}, journal={NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN}, author={Avramova, Maria}, year={2020}, month={Mar} } @article{balestra_henry_carlyon_english_myer_avramova_epiney_strydom_2020, title={Modular high temperature gas reactor core modeling with RELAP5-3D/ PHISICS ? Optimization schemes for load following}, volume={362}, ISSN={["1872-759X"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.nucengdes.2020.110526}, journal={NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN}, author={Balestra, Paolo and Henry, Keion and Carlyon, Cameron and English, Cody and Myer, Jaylon and Avramova, Maria and Epiney, Aaron and Strydom, Gerhard}, year={2020}, month={Jun} } @article{toptan_salko_avramova_clarno_kropaczek_2019, title={A new fuel modeling capability, CTFFuel, with a case study on the fuel thermal conductivity degradation}, volume={341}, ISSN={["1872-759X"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.11.010}, journal={NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN}, author={Toptan, Aysenur and Salko, Robert K. and Avramova, Maria N. and Clarno, Kevin and Kropaczek, David J.}, year={2019}, month={Jan}, pages={248–258} } @article{bennett_martin_avramova_2019, title={A surrogate model based on sparse grid interpolation for boiling water reactor subchannel void distribution}, volume={131}, ISSN={["0306-4549"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.anucene.2019.03.022}, journal={ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY}, author={Bennett, Alexander and Martin, Nicolas and Avramova, Maria}, year={2019}, month={Sep}, pages={51–62} } @article{porter_mousseau_avramova_2019, title={CTF-R: A novel residual-based thermal hydraulic solver}, volume={348}, ISSN={["1872-759X"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.nucengdes.2019.04.006}, journal={NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN}, author={Porter, N. W. and Mousseau, V. A. and Avramova, M. N.}, year={2019}, month={Jul}, pages={37–45} } @article{toptan_kropaczek_avramova_2019, title={Gap conductance modeling I: Theoretical considerations for single- and multi-component gases in curvilinear coordinates}, volume={353}, ISSN={["1872-759X"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.nucengdes.2019.110283}, journal={NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN}, author={Toptan, Aysenur and Kropaczek, David J. and Avramova, Maria N.}, year={2019}, month={Nov} } @article{toptan_kropaczek_avramova_2019, title={Gap conductance modeling II: Optimized model for UO2-Zircaloy interfaces}, volume={355}, ISSN={["1872-759X"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.nucengdes.2019.110289}, journal={NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN}, author={Toptan, Aysenur and Kropaczek, David J. and Avramova, Maria N.}, year={2019}, month={Dec} } @article{toptan_kropaczek_avramova_2019, title={On the validity of the dilute gas assumption for gap conductance calculations in nuclear fuel performance codes}, volume={350}, ISSN={["1872-759X"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.nucengdes.2019.04.042}, journal={NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN}, author={Toptan, Aysenur and Kropaczek, David J. and Avramova, Maria N.}, year={2019}, month={Aug}, pages={1–8} } @article{porter_mousseau_avramova_2019, title={Quantified Validation with Uncertainty Analysis for Turbulent Single-Phase Friction Models}, volume={205}, ISSN={["1943-7471"]}, DOI={10.1080/00295450.2018.1548221}, number={12}, journal={NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY}, author={Porter, Nathan W. and Mousseau, Vincent A. and Avramova, Maria N.}, year={2019}, month={Dec}, pages={1607–1617} } @article{gosdin_avramova_2018, title={Application of sub-channel modeling to BWR core analysis}, volume={115}, ISSN={["0306-4549"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.anucene.2018.02.005}, journal={ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY}, author={Gosdin, C. and Avramova, M.}, year={2018}, month={May}, pages={294–302} } @article{li_avramova_jiao_chen_yu_pu_chen_2018, title={CFD prediction of critical heat flux in vertical heated tubes with uniform and non-uniform heat flux}, volume={326}, ISSN={["1872-759X"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.nucengdes.2017.11.009}, journal={NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN}, author={Li, Quan and Avramova, M. and Jiao, Yongjun and Chen, Ping and Yu, Junchong and Pu, Zengping and Chen, Jie}, year={2018}, month={Jan}, pages={403–412} } @article{toptan_porter_salko_avramova_2018, title={Implementation and assessment of wall friction models for LWR core analysis}, volume={115}, ISSN={["0306-4549"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.anucene.2018.02.022}, journal={ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY}, author={Toptan, Aysenur and Porter, Nathan W. and Salko, Robert K. and Avramova, Maria N.}, year={2018}, month={May}, pages={565–572} } @article{mankosa_avramova_2018, title={Three-dimensional multi-physics modeling of hydrogen and hydride distribution in zirconium alloy cladding}, volume={105}, ISSN={["0149-1970"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.pnucene.2018.02.012}, journal={PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY}, author={Mankosa, Michael and Avramova, Maria}, year={2018}, month={May}, pages={294–300} } @article{porter_avramova_mousseau_2018, title={Uncertainty Quantification Study of CTF for the OECD/NEA LWR Uncertainty Analysis in Modeling Benchmark}, volume={190}, ISSN={["1943-748X"]}, DOI={10.1080/00295639.2018.1435135}, number={3}, journal={NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING}, author={Porter, Nathan W. and Avramova, Maria N. and Mousseau, Vincent A.}, year={2018}, pages={271–286} } @article{porter_avramova_2018, title={Validation of CTF pressure drop and void predictions for the NUPEC BWR database}, volume={337}, ISSN={["1872-759X"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.nucengdes.2018.07.018}, journal={NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN}, author={Porter, Nathan W. and Avramova, Maria N.}, year={2018}, month={Oct}, pages={291–299} } @article{raja_mankosa_avramova_2017, title={Comparative analysis of different fidelity fuel performance models for fuel temperature predictions}, volume={322}, ISSN={["1872-759X"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.nucengdes.2017.07.025}, journal={NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN}, author={Raja, Faisal and Mankosa, Michael and Avramova, Maria}, year={2017}, month={Oct}, pages={464–473} } @article{raja_avramova_2017, title={Evaluation of modeling options for in-pellet power distribution and gap gas conductance for accurate fuel temperature predictions}, volume={100}, ISSN={["0149-1970"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.pnucene.2017.06.005}, journal={PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY}, author={Raja, Faisal and Avramova, Maria}, year={2017}, month={Sep}, pages={135–145} } @article{davis_courty_avramova_motta_2017, title={High-fidelity multi-physics coupling for determination of hydride distribution in Zr-4 cladding}, volume={110}, ISSN={["0306-4549"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.anucene.2017.06.049}, journal={ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY}, author={Davis, Ian and Courty, Olivier and Avramova, Maria and Motta, Arthur}, year={2017}, month={Dec}, pages={475–485} } @article{yilmaz_avramova_andersen_2017, title={Multi-physics code system with improved feedback modeling}, volume={98}, ISSN={["0149-1970"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.pnucene.2017.03.007}, journal={PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY}, author={Yilmaz, Mine O. and Avramova, Maria N. and Andersen, Jens G. M.}, year={2017}, month={Jul}, pages={94–108} } @article{bennett_avramova_ivanov_2016, title={Coupled MCNP6/CTF code: Development, testing, and application}, volume={96}, ISSN={["0306-4549"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.anucene.2016.05.008}, journal={ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY}, author={Bennett, A. and Avramova, M. and Ivanov, K.}, year={2016}, month={Oct}, pages={1–11} } @article{yilmaz_avramova_andersen_2016, title={Development, verification, and validation of a fuel thermal conductivity degradation model in CTF}, volume={97}, ISSN={["0306-4549"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.anucene.2016.07.020}, journal={ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY}, author={Yilmaz, Mine O. and Avramova, Maria N. and Andersen, Jens G. M.}, year={2016}, month={Nov}, pages={246–261} } @article{yilmaz_avramova_andersen_2016, title={Impact of fuel thermal conductivity degradation on Doppler feedback during rod ejection accident}, volume={307}, ISSN={["1872-759X"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.nucengdes.2016.07.021}, journal={NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN}, author={Yilmaz, Mine O. and Avramova, Maria N. and Andersen, Jens G. M.}, year={2016}, month={Oct}, pages={339–353} } @article{magedanz_avramova_perin_velkov_2015, title={High-fidelity multi-physics system TORT-TD/CTF/FRAPTRAN for light water reactor analysis}, volume={84}, ISSN={0306-4549}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.ANUCENE.2015.01.033}, DOI={10.1016/J.ANUCENE.2015.01.033}, journal={Annals of Nuclear Energy}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Magedanz, J. and Avramova, M. and Perin, Y. and Velkov, A.K.}, year={2015}, month={Oct}, pages={234–243} } @article{avramova_ivanov_kozlowski_pasichnyk_zwermann_velkov_royer_yamaji_gulliford_2015, title={Multi-physics and multi-scale benchmarking and uncertainty quantification within OECD/NEA framework}, volume={84}, ISSN={0306-4549}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.ANUCENE.2014.12.014}, DOI={10.1016/J.ANUCENE.2014.12.014}, journal={Annals of Nuclear Energy}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Avramova, M. and Ivanov, K. and Kozlowski, T. and Pasichnyk, I. and Zwermann, W. and Velkov, K. and Royer, E. and Yamaji, A. and Gulliford, J.}, year={2015}, month={Oct}, pages={178–196} } @article{salko_schmidt_avramova_2015, title={Optimization and parallelization of the thermal–hydraulic subchannel code CTF for high-fidelity multi-physics applications}, volume={84}, ISSN={0306-4549}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.ANUCENE.2014.11.005}, DOI={10.1016/J.ANUCENE.2014.11.005}, journal={Annals of Nuclear Energy}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Salko, Robert K. and Schmidt, Rodney C. and Avramova, Maria N.}, year={2015}, month={Oct}, pages={122–130} } @article{rosenkrantz_avramova_ivanov_prinsloo_botes_elsakhawy_2014, title={Coupled 3D neutronics/thermal hydraulics modeling of the SAFARI-1 MTR}, volume={73}, ISSN={0306-4549}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.ANUCENE.2014.06.018}, DOI={10.1016/J.ANUCENE.2014.06.018}, journal={Annals of Nuclear Energy}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Rosenkrantz, Adam and Avramova, Maria and Ivanov, Kostadin and Prinsloo, Rian and Botes, Danniëll and Elsakhawy, Khalid}, year={2014}, month={Nov}, pages={122–130} } @article{biery_avramova_2014, title={Investigations on coupled code PWR simulations using COBRA-TF with soluble boron tracking model}, volume={77}, ISSN={0149-1970}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.PNUCENE.2014.06.005}, DOI={10.1016/J.PNUCENE.2014.06.005}, journal={Progress in Nuclear Energy}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Biery, M. and Avramova, M.}, year={2014}, month={Nov}, pages={72–83} } @article{ozdemir_avramova_sato_2014, title={Multi-dimensional boron transport modeling in subchannel approach: Part I. Model selection, implementation and verification of COBRA-TF boron tracking model}, volume={278}, ISSN={0029-5493}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.NUCENGDES.2013.02.031}, DOI={10.1016/J.NUCENGDES.2013.02.031}, journal={Nuclear Engineering and Design}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Ozdemir, Ozkan Emre and Avramova, Maria N. and Sato, Kenya}, year={2014}, month={Oct}, pages={701–712} } @article{ozdemir_avramova_2014, title={Multi-dimensional boron transport modeling in subchannel approach: Part II. Validation of CTF boron tracking model and adding boron precipitation model}, volume={278}, ISSN={0029-5493}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.NUCENGDES.2014.08.003}, DOI={10.1016/J.NUCENGDES.2014.08.003}, journal={Nuclear Engineering and Design}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Ozdemir, Ozkan Emre and Avramova, Maria N.}, year={2014}, month={Oct}, pages={713–722} } @article{clifford_ivanov_avramova_2013, title={A multi-scale homogenization and reconstruction approach for solid material temperature calculations in prismatic high temperature reactor cores}, volume={256}, ISSN={0029-5493}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nucengdes.2012.11.016}, DOI={10.1016/j.nucengdes.2012.11.016}, journal={Nuclear Engineering and Design}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Clifford, Ivor and Ivanov, Kostadin N. and Avramova, Maria N.}, year={2013}, month={Mar}, pages={1–13} } @article{espel_avramova_ivanov_misu_2013, title={New developments of the MCNP/CTF/NEM/NJOY code system – Monte Carlo based coupled code for high accuracy modeling}, volume={51}, ISSN={0306-4549}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2012.06.031}, DOI={10.1016/j.anucene.2012.06.031}, journal={Annals of Nuclear Energy}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Espel, Federico Puente and Avramova, Maria N. and Ivanov, Kostadin N. and Misu, Stefan}, year={2013}, month={Jan}, pages={18–26} } @article{salko_avramova_2013, title={Uncertainty analysis of sub-channel code calculated ONB wall superheat in rod bundle experiments using the GRS methodology}, volume={65}, ISSN={0149-1970}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.PNUCENE.2013.02.003}, DOI={10.1016/J.PNUCENE.2013.02.003}, journal={Progress in Nuclear Energy}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Salko, Robert K. and Avramova, Maria N.}, year={2013}, month={May}, pages={42–49} } @article{avramova_ivanov_2010, title={Verification, validation and uncertainty quantification in multi-physics modeling for nuclear reactor design and safety analysis}, volume={52}, ISSN={0149-1970}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pnucene.2010.03.009}, DOI={10.1016/j.pnucene.2010.03.009}, number={7}, journal={Progress in Nuclear Energy}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Avramova, Maria N. and Ivanov, Kostadin N.}, year={2010}, month={Sep}, pages={601–614} } @article{ivanov_avramova_2007, title={Challenges in coupled thermal–hydraulics and neutronics simulations for LWR safety analysis}, volume={34}, ISSN={0306-4549}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2007.02.016}, DOI={10.1016/j.anucene.2007.02.016}, number={6}, journal={Annals of Nuclear Energy}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Ivanov, Kostadin and Avramova, Maria}, year={2007}, month={Jun}, pages={501–513} } @article{cuervo_avramova_ivanov_miró_2006, title={Evaluation and enhancement of COBRA-TF efficiency for LWR calculations}, volume={33}, ISSN={0306-4549}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2006.03.011}, DOI={10.1016/j.anucene.2006.03.011}, number={9}, journal={Annals of Nuclear Energy}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Cuervo, Diana and Avramova, Maria and Ivanov, Kostadin and Miró, Rafael}, year={2006}, month={Jun}, pages={837–847} }