RSICC Home Page WAKE

RSICC CODE PACKAGE PSR-605

 

1.         NAME AND TITLE

WAKE:  Navier Stokes Equation with 2-D Turbulence, Stream Function, Vorticity.

 

2.         CONTRIBUTOR

            DNPDE through the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency Data Bank, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.

3.         CODING LANGUAGE AND COMPUTER

            Fortran, IBM 370 Series (P00605I037000).

 

4.         NATURE OF PROBLEM SOLVED

WAKE solves the turbulent Navier Stokes equations using a two equations model of turbulence (kinetic energy and dissipation rate) and stream function, vorticity representation of the mean flow pattern.  Much of input is specified by coding in various subroutines - a detailed knowledge of the function and operation of each subroutine is necessary before the user can confidently set up his/her own problem.

 

5.         METHOD OF SOLUTION

Finite difference solution of flux equation in an orthogonal mesh specified by the user.

 

6.         RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS

Model size is defined by array sizes set in FORTRAN routines.

 

7.         TYPICAL RUNNING TIME

            Problem set up at present is of the order of 15 minutes CPU time.

 

8.         COMPUTER HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS

IBM 370. (More than 200 k bytes of fast core, card reader, line printer, and if restart and dump facility used two magnetic tape units. Code uses clock facilities to prevent over-running allocated time.)

 

9.         COMPUTER SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS

            ICL RIOS, IBM OS 370/OS.

 

10.       REFERENCES

a) Included Documentation:

B.S. Dunn, “WAKE User's Guide” (14.10.77).

 

b) Background Documentation:

C.V. Gregory and D.J. Lord, “The Study of Local Blockages in Fast Reactor Subassemblies,” Journal of British Nucl. Energy Society 1974, 13(3) pp 251 - 260.

C.V. Gregory and D.J. Lord, “Effect of Permeability on the Consequences of Local Blockages of Fast Reactor Subassemblies,” Journal of British Nuclear Energy Society 1976, 15 January no 1, 54-60.

 

11.       CONTENTS OF CODE PACKAGE

            The package is distributed on a CD with a compressed zip file including source files, documentation, sample input and output.

 

12.       DATE OF ABSTRACT

            December 2013.

 

KEYWORDS: NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION, FAST REACTORS, FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD, HYDRAULICS, REACTOR SAFETY, TURBULENCE, VORTEX FLOW