Prerequisites:

• Fundamental knowledge on nuclear engineering
• Knowledge of partial differential equations
• Basic knowledge of the fluid dynamics

Course objective:

1. To access to state-of-the-art research and development status of modeling and simulation for nuclear reactors.
2. To acquire the fundamental knowledge of thermal hydraulic simulation for nuclear reactors.
3. To learn how to discretize and solve the governing equations of nuclear thermal hydraulic codes.
4. To acquire a practical knowledge of the numerical method by developing pilot codes for conceptual problems.
5. To learn how to use CUPID for a future application to advanced nuclear reactor design.

Classroom Guide:

• This class focuses on acquiring practical knowledge of nuclear thermal hydraulics. Students are encouraged to bring their laptop computers (WINDOWS OS) to class.
• It would be helpful for students to pre-install Visual Studio, Intel Fortran, and Paraview, all of which are available for free download.