2025

• PublishedNatural 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 journal › Article › peer-review

2024

• PublishedAn 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDecision 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedDirect 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedExperimental investigation of erosion and corrosion of coated and uncoated steels under high velocity lead flow
  Griffith, C., Baxter, C., Thomas, P. J. & Villanueva, W., Sept 2024.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedModeling 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 journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedValidation 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 journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• PublishedCFD 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 conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedDistinctive 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 journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedExperimental 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 journal › Article › peer-review

• Experimental Investigation of Singular Two-phase Pressure Losses Relevant to Nuclear System Thermal-hydraulic Applications

  01/10/2024 – 15/10/2029 (Active)

• Experimental Investigation of Singular Two-phase Pressure Losses Relevant to Nuclear System Thermal-hydraulic Applications

  01/10/2024 – 15/10/2029 (Active)

• PhD Student Placement: Investigation of Novel Fibre Optic Measurement Capabilities for Complex Single-Phase Flow Applications

  08/07/2024 – 31/01/2025 (Finished)

• THOR facility Tape Degradation Testing

  01/07/2024 – 31/03/2025 (Active)

• Experiments on MHD affected forced convection liquid flows in fusion-relevant blanket heat exchangers

  01/09/2023 – 30/09/2026 (Active)

• Interaction of B4C and stainless steel in severe accident conditions

  01/09/2023 – 31/07/2024 (Finished)

• Innovative Structural Materials for Fission and Fusion - INNUMAT

  01/09/2022 – 30/09/2026 (Active)