Articles Authors

Corradini, Michael L.

Engine Research Center and Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
143 Engineering Research Building, 1500 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706

Multiphase flows, Nuclear energy

Committee on Reactor Safeguards; French Atomic Energy Agency Scientific Review Committee; American Nuclear Society; INPO Training and Education Accreditation Board; Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; National Academy of Engineering
BS 1975, Mechanical Engineering, Marquette University
MS 1976, Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PhD 1978, Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Wisconsin Distinguished Teaching Award (1996); ANS Young Members Achievement Award (1990); Presidential Young Investigator (1984)
Professor Corradini is a mechanical and nuclear engineer with research interests centered primarily in thermal hydraulics and multiphase flow. He especially emphasizes the areas of reactor operation, reactor safety, reprocessing, and recycle and risk assessment. He is chair of the Energy Institute Executive committee and the director of the college's Wisconsin Institute of Nuclear Systems

The goal of research in multiphase flow is to help students understand basic physical phenomena which they analytically model or experimentally measure. Current research programs focus on four areas:

First, light water safety research analytically and/or experimentally looks at physical processes for design basis accidents or those that go beyond the design base (degraded-core accidents). These processes include critical heat flux, improved heat transfer and clad materials, hydrogen generation, molten fuel (coolant interactions, debris-bed formation and heat transfer, and molten core), concrete interactions, and containment behavior and response. All of these physical processes are coupled together under the risk assessment methodology and deterministic analyses.

Second, light water reactor operations work aids Midwest utilities in simulator modeling, operator training and accident response, and nuclear systems analysis. Research results contribute to advanced water reactor designs.

Third, fusion reactor research identifies and analyzes generic thermal hydraulic phenomena to improve current design studies including liquid-metal heat transfer and liquid-metal/water-safety concerns.

Finally, graduate students are developing new technologies related to reprocessing and recycling. These technologies minimize waste streams and recover valued by-products

Articles:

DEVELOPMENT OF MICRO-DIESEL INJECTOR NOZZLES VIA MEMS TECHNOLOGY AND EFFECTS ON SPRAY CHARACTERISTICS(open in a new tab) - Vol. 13 '2003(open in a new tab) - Atomization and Sprays(open in a new tab)

ANALYTICAL PREDICTION OF THE EXIT FLOW OF CAVITATING ORIFICES(open in a new tab) - Vol. 7 '1997(open in a new tab) - Atomization and Sprays(open in a new tab)

A FULLY COMPRESSIBLE, TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF SMALL, HIGH-SPEED, CAVITATING NOZZLES(open in a new tab) - Vol. 9 '1999(open in a new tab) - Atomization and Sprays(open in a new tab)

ESCALATING AND PROPAGATING MELT/COOLANT INTERACTIONS IN THE KROTOS EXPERIMENTS: STATUS OF KNOWLEDGE(open in a new tab) - Vol. 9 '1995(open in a new tab) - ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE(open in a new tab)

TEXAS-V: A FUEL-COOLANT INTERACTION MODEL(open in a new tab) - Vol. 9 '1995(open in a new tab) - ICHMT DIGITAL LIBRARY ONLINE(open in a new tab)

THE EFFECT OF LIGHT GASES IN NONCONDENSABLE MIXTURES ON CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER(open in a new tab) - Vol. 17 '1998(open in a new tab) - International Heat Transfer Conference 11(open in a new tab)

Interfacial Transport Phenomena and Stability in Liquid-Metal/Water(open in a new tab) - Vol. 56 '2002(open in a new tab) - International Heat Transfer Conference 12(open in a new tab)

NUMERICAL STUDY OF MACROSCOPIC FLOW INSTABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH NATURAL CIRCULATION LOOPS UNDER SUPERCRITICAL CONDITIONS(open in a new tab) - Vol. 0 '2006(open in a new tab) - International Heat Transfer Conference 13(open in a new tab)

SUPERCRITICAL HEAT TRANSFER IN A HEATED TUBE: MIXED-CONVECTION CRITERIA AND PROPOSED TURBULENT WALL-FUNCTION MODELS(open in a new tab) - Vol. 0 '2006(open in a new tab) - International Heat Transfer Conference 13(open in a new tab)

Yerkess, A.

ESCALATING AND PROPAGATING MELT/COOLANT INTERACTIONS IN THE KROTOS EXPERIMENTS: STATUS OF KNOWLEDGE

Nilsuwankosit, Sunchai

TEXAS-V: A FUEL-COOLANT INTERACTION MODEL

Huhtiniemi, I.

ESCALATING AND PROPAGATING MELT/COOLANT INTERACTIONS IN THE KROTOS EXPERIMENTS: STATUS OF KNOWLEDGE

Bonazza, Riccardo

Interfacial Transport Phenomena and Stability in Liquid-Metal/Water

Hohmann, H.

ESCALATING AND PROPAGATING MELT/COOLANT INTERACTIONS IN THE KROTOS EXPERIMENTS: STATUS OF KNOWLEDGE

Abdulla, Sherif

Interfacial Transport Phenomena and Stability in Liquid-Metal/Water

Baik, Seunghyun

DEVELOPMENT OF MICRO-DIESEL INJECTOR NOZZLES VIA MEMS TECHNOLOGY AND EFFECTS ON SPRAY CHARACTERISTICS

Herranz, Luis E.

THE EFFECT OF LIGHT GASES IN NONCONDENSABLE MIXTURES ON CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER

Blanchard, James P

DEVELOPMENT OF MICRO-DIESEL INJECTOR NOZZLES VIA MEMS TECHNOLOGY AND EFFECTS ON SPRAY CHARACTERISTICS

Schmidt, David P.

A FULLY COMPRESSIBLE, TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF SMALL, HIGH-SPEED, CAVITATING NOZZLES

ANALYTICAL PREDICTION OF THE EXIT FLOW OF CAVITATING ORIFICES

Anderson, Mark H.

SUPERCRITICAL HEAT TRANSFER IN A HEATED TUBE: MIXED-CONVECTION CRITERIA AND PROPOSED TURBULENT WALL-FUNCTION MODELS

THE EFFECT OF LIGHT GASES IN NONCONDENSABLE MIXTURES ON CONDENSATION HEAT TRANSFER

Interfacial Transport Phenomena and Stability in Liquid-Metal/Water

Page, Dick

Interfacial Transport Phenomena and Stability in Liquid-Metal/Water

Burger, M.

ESCALATING AND PROPAGATING MELT/COOLANT INTERACTIONS IN THE KROTOS EXPERIMENTS: STATUS OF KNOWLEDGE

Rutland, Christopher J.

A FULLY COMPRESSIBLE, TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF SMALL, HIGH-SPEED, CAVITATING NOZZLES

Shamoun, Bassam

TEXAS-V: A FUEL-COOLANT INTERACTION MODEL

Buck, M.

ESCALATING AND PROPAGATING MELT/COOLANT INTERACTIONS IN THE KROTOS EXPERIMENTS: STATUS OF KNOWLEDGE

Cho, Day

Interfacial Transport Phenomena and Stability in Liquid-Metal/Water

Jain, R.

NUMERICAL STUDY OF MACROSCOPIC FLOW INSTABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH NATURAL CIRCULATION LOOPS UNDER SUPERCRITICAL CONDITIONS

Liu, Xin

Interfacial Transport Phenomena and Stability in Liquid-Metal/Water

Berg, E. V

ESCALATING AND PROPAGATING MELT/COOLANT INTERACTIONS IN THE KROTOS EXPERIMENTS: STATUS OF KNOWLEDGE

Seo, K. W.

SUPERCRITICAL HEAT TRANSFER IN A HEATED TUBE: MIXED-CONVECTION CRITERIA AND PROPOSED TURBULENT WALL-FUNCTION MODELS

Tang, Jian

TEXAS-V: A FUEL-COOLANT INTERACTION MODEL

Kim, Moo Hwan

SUPERCRITICAL HEAT TRANSFER IN A HEATED TUBE: MIXED-CONVECTION CRITERIA AND PROPOSED TURBULENT WALL-FUNCTION MODELS

Magallon, D.

ESCALATING AND PROPAGATING MELT/COOLANT INTERACTIONS IN THE KROTOS EXPERIMENTS: STATUS OF KNOWLEDGE