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2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Advances in Thermal Hydraulics (ATH 2024)
Technical Session
Wednesday, November 20, 2024|3:15–5:00PM EST|Coral C
Session Chair:
Nadish Saini (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
Adam Dix (Purdue)
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Relative Velocity in Horizontal Bubbly Two-Phase Flows: Experiments and Modeling
3:15–3:35PM EST
Adam Dix (Purdue Univ.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)
Paper
Experimental Study of Air-Water Two-Phase Flow Across a Vertical U-bend
3:35–3:55PM EST
Zhengting Quan (Purdue Univ.), Alicja Stoppel (Purdue University Student Section), Adam Dix (Purdue Univ.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)
Experimental Study of Two-Phase Flow Pressure Drop Across a U-bend and Evaluation of Existing Correlations
3:55–4:15PM EST
Alicja Stoppel (Purdue Univ.), Zhengting Quan (Purdue Univ.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)
A Direct Comparison of RGB Flow Pattern Mapping of Impedance Meter Signals with Flow Visualization
4:15–4:35PM EST
David Kang (Purdue Univ.), Seungjin Kim (Purdue Univ.)
Steam Flow Simulation Through the Swirler Section of a Steam Separator
4:35–4:45PM EST
Taylor Grubbs (NCSU), Igor Bolotnov (NCSU)
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