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Dr Walter Villanueva

Reader in Nuclear Engineering

w.villanueva@bangor.ac.uk

0000-0003-3132-7252

View Dr Walter Villanueva’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

Publications

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

Projects

  • 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 – 02/06/2025 (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)

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