Dr Walter Villanueva

Reader in Nuclear Engineering

  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    An experimental study on the impact of particle surface wettability on melt infiltration in particulate beds

    Chen, L., Komlev, A., Ma, W., Bechta, S., Villanueva, W., Rangavittal, B. V., Glaser, B. & Hoseyni, S. M., 1 Oct 2024, In: Annals of Nuclear Energy. 206, 110664.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Decision tree insights analytics (DTIA) tool: an analytic framework to identify insights from large data records across fields of science

    Hossny, K., Hossny, M., Cougnoux, A., Mahmoud, L. & Villanueva, W., 7 Oct 2024, In: Machine Learning: Science and Technology. 5, 4, 045004.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Direct numerical simulation of internally heated natural convection in a hemispherical geometry

    Bian, B., Dovizio, D. & Villanueva, W., 1 Mar 2024, In: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 220, 124997.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Distinctive physical insights driven from machine learning modelling of nuclear power plant severe accident scenario propagation

    Hossny, K., Villanueva, W. & Wang, H., 17 Jan 2023, In: Scientific Reports. 13, 1, p. 930 1 p., 930.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Experimental investigation of melt infiltration and solidification in a pre-heated particle bed

    Villanueva, W., Hoseyni, S. M., Bechta, S. & Hotta, A., Dec 2022, In: Physics of Fluids. 34, 12, 17 p., 123326.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Modeling melt relocation with solidification and remelting using a coupled level-set and enthalpy-porosity method

    Chen, L., Xiang, Y., Zhao, L., Fang, D., Villanueva, W., Komlev, A., Ma, W. & Bechta, S., 6 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 33, p. 9888-9897

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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    Natural convection in a shallow pool heated from below and implications for the thermal focusing effect at the lateral wall

    Seiler, N., Johnson, M., Vyskocil, L., Vorobyov, Y., Villanueva, W., Abu Bakar, M., Zhabin, O., Kratochvil, M., Bian, B. & Drouillet, A., 1 Jan 2025, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 431, 113703.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Validation of CFD RANS of an internally heated natural convection in a hemispherical geometry

    Dovizio, D., Bian, B., Villanueva, W. & Komen, E., 1 Nov 2024, In: Nuclear Engineering and Design. 428, 113471.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Paper › Research › Peer-reviewed
  11. Published

    CFD simulation benchmark on thermal-hydraulic behaviour of light metal layer

    Seiler, N., Drouillet, A., Bian, B., Villanueva, W., Vorobyov, Y., Zhabin, O., Kratochvil, M. & Vyskocil, L., 2023.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

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