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Dave Pointer

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0946-7937
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  • 2022

    Investigation of Point-Contact Strategies for CFD Simulations of Pebble Bed Reactor Cores

    Goth, N., Nguyen, T. D. & Pointer, W. D., 2022, Proceedings of Advances in Thermal Hydraulics, ATH 2022 - Embedded with the 2022 ANS Annual Meeting. American Nuclear Society, p. 772-781 10 p. (Proceedings of Advances in Thermal Hydraulics, ATH 2022 - Embedded with the 2022 ANS Annual Meeting).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    Open Access
    1 Scopus citations
  • 2018

    An uncertainty quantification of the computational fluid dynamics solution to the modeling of the contact point in a wire-wrapped fuel assembly

    Delchini, M. O. G., Swiler, L. P., Popov, E. P. & Pointer, W. D., 2018, AISTech 2018 Proceedings - Iron and Steel Technology Conference and Exposition. Association for Iron and Steel Technology, AISTECH, p. 1248-1252 5 p. (AISTech - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings; vol. 2018-May).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • 2015

    Verification and validation of nek 5000 for T-junction, matis, SIBERIA, and max experiments

    Obabko, A., Fischer, P., Marin, O., Merzari, E. & Pointer, D., 2015, International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics 2015, NURETH 2015. American Nuclear Society, p. 1462-1473 12 p. (International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics 2015, NURETH 2015; vol. 2).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    26 Scopus citations
  • 2014

    Fluoride salt-cooled high-temperature reactor development roadmap

    Holcomb, D. E., Flanagan, G. F., Mays, G. T., Pointer, W. D., Robb, K. R. & Yoder, G. L., 2014, International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, ICAPP 2014. American Nuclear Society, p. 345-352 8 p. (International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, ICAPP 2014; vol. 1).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    5 Scopus citations
  • 2013

    CFD analyses of natural circulation in the air-cooled reactor cavity cooling system

    Hu, R. & Pointer, W. D., 2013, International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2013. p. 2158-2169 12 p. (International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, M and C 2013; vol. 3).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    3 Scopus citations
  • 2012

    On the interaction of boundary layer and mixing layer in stratified pipe flow

    Merzari, E., Fischer, P., Pointer, W. D., Pellegrini, M. & Ninokata, H., 2012, Symposia. PARTS A AND B ed. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), p. 767-773 7 p. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM; vol. 1, no. PARTS A AND B).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • Optimal disturbances in three-dimensional natural convection flows

    Merzari, E., Fischer, P. & Pointer, W. D., 2012, Symposia. PARTS A AND B ed. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), p. 921-928 8 p. (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM; vol. 1, no. PARTS A AND B).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    6 Scopus citations

  • PIV accuracy and extending the field of view for validation of multi-scale CFD tools

    Lomperski, S., Gerardi, C. & Pointer, D. W., 2012, Advances in Thermal Hydraulics 2012, ATH 2012. p. 211-218 8 p. (Advances in Thermal Hydraulics 2012, ATH 2012).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    2 Scopus citations

  • The MAX facility for CFD code validation

    Lomperski, S., Merzari, E., Obabko, A., Pointer, W. D. & Fischer, P., 2012, International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2012, ICAPP 2012. p. 1873-1879 7 p. (International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2012, ICAPP 2012; vol. 3).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    4 Scopus citations
  • 2011

    A POD-based solver for the advection-diffusion equation

    Merzari, E., Pointer, W. D. & Fischer, P., 2011, ASME-JSME-KSME 2011 Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, AJK 2011. PARTS A, B, C, D ed. p. 1139-1147 9 p. (ASME-JSME-KSME 2011 Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, AJK 2011; vol. 1, no. PARTS A, B, C, D).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    10 Scopus citations
  • 2010

    On the numerical simulation of thermal striping in the upper plenum of a fast reactor

    Merzari, E., Pointer, W. D., Obabko, A. & Fischer, P., 2010, International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2010, ICAPP 2010. p. 595-603 9 p. (International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2010, ICAPP 2010; vol. 1).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    15 Scopus citations

  • Proper Orthogonal Decomposition of the flow in a T-junction

    Merzari, E., Pointer, W. D. & Fischer, P., 2010, International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2010, ICAPP 2010. p. 1714-1721 8 p. (International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2010, ICAPP 2010; vol. 3).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    4 Scopus citations

  • Steady-state, whole-core prismatic VHTR simulation including core bypass

    Pointer, W. D. & Thomas, J. W., 2010, International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2010, ICAPP 2010. p. 317-326 10 p. (International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2010, ICAPP 2010; vol. 1).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    11 Scopus citations

  • Steady-state, whole-core VHTR simulation with consistent coupling of neutronics and thermo-fluid analysis

    Thomas, J. W., Lee, C. H., Pointer, W. D. & Yang, W. S., 2010, International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2010, ICAPP 2010. p. 327-336 10 p. (International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2010, ICAPP 2010; vol. 1).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    2 Scopus citations
  • 2009

    Development and validation of a computational fluid dynamics model for the simulation of two-phase flow phenomena in a boiling water reactor fuel assembly

    Tentner, A., Pointer, W. D., Lo, S. & Splawski, A., 2009, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering 2009, ICONE17. p. 275-284 10 p. (International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE; vol. 5).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    2 Scopus citations

  • Multi-resolution modeling of subassembly pin bundles for advanced fast reactor safety simulations

    Fanning, T. H., Pointer, W. D. & Thomas, J. W., 2009, American Nuclear Society - International Conference on Mathematics, Computational Methods and Reactor Physics 2009, M and C 2009. p. 2282-2294 13 p. (American Nuclear Society - International Conference on Mathematics, Computational Methods and Reactor Physics 2009, M and C 2009; vol. 4).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    12 Scopus citations

  • Predictions in CFD simulations of wire-wrapped SFR fuel assemblies

    Smith, J. G., Tokuhiro, A., Pointer, W. D. & Fischer, P. F., 2009, International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2009, ICAPP 2009. Atomic Energy Society of Japan, p. 1594-1602 9 p. (International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2009, ICAPP 2009; vol. 2).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    7 Scopus citations

  • Proposed experiment for validation of CFD methods for advanced SFR design: Upper plenum thermal striping and stratification

    Pointer, W. D., Lomperski, S., Fischer, P. & Obabko, A., 2009, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering 2009, ICONE17. p. 599-611 13 p. (International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE; vol. 5).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    5 Scopus citations

  • RANS-based CFD simulations of sodium fast reactor wire-wrapped pin bundles

    Pointer, W. D., Thomas, J., Fanning, T., Fischer, P., Siegel, A., Smith, J. & Tokuhiro, A., 2009, American Nuclear Society - International Conference on Mathematics, Computational Methods and Reactor Physics 2009, M and C 2009. p. 2212-2224 13 p. (American Nuclear Society - International Conference on Mathematics, Computational Methods and Reactor Physics 2009, M and C 2009; vol. 4).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    21 Scopus citations
  • 2008

    Development and validation ofan extended two-phase computational fluid dynamics model for the analysis of boiling flow in reactor fuel assemblies

    Tentrier, A., Pointer, W. D., Sofu, T., Weber, D., Lo, S. & Splawski, A., 2008, Societe Francaise d'Energie Nucleaire - International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants - ICAPP 2007, "The Nuclear Renaissance at Work". p. 2682-2691 10 p. (Societe Francaise d'Energie Nucleaire - International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants - ICAPP 2007, "The Nuclear Renaissance at Work"; vol. 5).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    1 Scopus citations

  • Effects of mesh density and flow conditioning in simulating 7-f>in wire wrapped fuel pins

    Smith, J. G., Babin, B. R., Pointer, W. D. & Fischer, P. F., 2008, 2008 Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE16. p. 755-763 9 p. (International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE; vol. 2).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    12 Scopus citations

  • Prediction of boiling water reactor assembly void distributions using a two-phase computational fluid dynamics model

    Pointer, W. D., Tentner, A., Sofu, T., Lo, S. & Splawski, A., 2008, 2008 Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE16. p. 321-329 9 p. (International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE; vol. 2).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    3 Scopus citations

  • RANS-based CFD simulations of wire-wrapped fast reactor fuel assemblies

    Pointer, W. D., Fischer, P., Siegel, A. & Smith, J., 2008, American Nuclear Society - International Conference on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, ICAPP 2008. p. 1792-1801 10 p. (International Conference on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, ICAPP 2008; vol. 3).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    27 Scopus citations
  • 2007

    Coupled BWR calculations with the numerical nuclear reactor software system

    Sofu, T., Thomas, J. W., Weber, D. P., Pointer, W. D. & Downar, T. J., 2007, Joint International Topical Meeting on Mathematics and Computations and Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications, M and C + SNA 2007. (Joint International Topical Meeting on Mathematics and Computations and Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications, M and C + SNA 2007).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    4 Scopus citations

  • Eulerian two-phase computational fluid dynamics for boiling water reactor core analysis

    Pointer, W. D., Tentner, A., Sofu, T., Weber, D., Lo, S. & Splawski, A., 2007, Joint International Topical Meeting on Mathematics and Computations and Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications, M and C + SNA 2007. (Joint International Topical Meeting on Mathematics and Computations and Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications, M and C + SNA 2007).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    5 Scopus citations
  • 2006

    Extension of integrated neutronic and thermal-hydraulic analysis capabilities of the "numerical nuclear reactor" software system for BWR applications

    Weber, D., Sofa, T., Pointer, D., Tentner, A., Zhong, Z., Downar, T., Thomas, J., Lo, S. & Splawski, A., 2006, PHYSOR-2006 - American Nuclear Society's Topical Meeting on Reactor Physics. (PHYSOR-2006 - American Nuclear Society's Topical Meeting on Reactor Physics; vol. 2006).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    4 Scopus citations
  • 2004

    Defining the research and development needs for the next generation nuclear plant: Neutronics and thermal-hydraulics

    Schulte, R. R., Nigg, D. W., Ougouag, A. M., Terry, W. K., Wolf, J. R., Gougar, H. D., Sterbente, J. W., MacDonald, P. E., Taiwo, T. A., Wei, T. Y. C., Vilim, R. B., Pointer, W. D. & Khalil, H. S., 2004, Proceedings - International Meeting on Updates in Best Estimate Methods in Nuclear Installation Safety Analysis, BE-2004. p. 9-24 16 p. (Proceedings - International Meeting on Updates in Best Estimate Methods in Nuclear Installation Safety Analysis, BE-2004).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • Doe's effort to reduce truck aerodynamic drag - joint experiments and computations lead to smart design

    McCallen, R. C., Salari, K., Ortega, J. M., DeChant, L. J., Hassan, B., Roy, C. J., Pointer, W. D., Browand, F., Hammache, M., Hsu, T. Y., Leonard, A., Rubel, M., Chatalain, P., Englar, R., Ross, J., Satran, D., Heineck, J. T., Walker, S., Yaste, D. & Storms, B., 2004, 34th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit. (34th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    61 Scopus citations

  • Evaluation of commercial CFD code capabilities for prediction of heavy vehicle drag coefficients

    Pointer, W. D., 2004, 34th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit. (34th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    18 Scopus citations
  • 2003

    Commercial CFD code validation for simulation of heavy-vehicle external aerodynamics

    Pointer, W. D., Sofu, T. & Weber, D., 2003, Proceedings of the 4th ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference: Volume 1, part B, Forums. Ogut, A., Tsuji, Y. & Kawahashi, M. (eds.). American Society of Mechanical Engineers, p. 1243-1248 6 p. (Proceedings of the ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference; vol. 1 B).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

  • 2002

    Lead-bismuth target design for transmutation reactors

    Gohar, Y., Finck, P., Herceg, J., Krajtl, L., Pointer, W. D., Saiveau, J., Sofu, T., Hanson, A., Todosow, M., Koploy, M. & Mijatovic, P., 2002, Proceedings of the PHYSOR 2002 - International Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology: Reactor Physics, Safety and High-Performance Computing - The ANS 2002 RPD Topical Meeting. American Nuclear Society, (Proceedings of the PHYSOR 2002 - International Conference on the New Frontiers of Nuclear Technology : Reactor Physics, Safety and High-Performance Computing - The ANS 2002 RPD Topical Meeting).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

    1 Scopus citations