CFD Applications to Pressurized Thermal Shock-Related Phenomena

Table 5

CFD simulations of a single-phase flow on the LSTF experiments.

CFD simulation	Test	Code	Mesh resolution	Standard	Realizable	RNG	SST	RSM	No turbulence model	Fluid properties	Simulation
Cai and Watanabe [65]	ROSA-V program, preparatory test for test 1-1	OpenFOAM-1.6	0.28 M, 0.16 M, and 0.11 M elements (in the CL), 0.21 M elements (in the hypothetical CL), and 0.65 M elements (in the CL and DC)	●		●			●	N/A	Transient
Farkas and Tóth [66]	ROSA project, test 1-1	FLUENT 6.3.26	0.67 M, 1.5 M, and 5.3 M cells	●	●			●		Polynomial functions	Steady-state and transient
Scheuerer and Weis [67]	ROSA project, test 1-1	ANSYS CFX 12	1 M, 5.2 M, and 8 M elements				●	●; BSL-RSM		IAPWS-IF97	Transient (initial condition: steady-state)

Data in italics under mesh resolution: conditions used for validation among multiple conditions or conditions that were indicated to be suitable. Black circles mean applicable.