Asif Arastu

Editorial for NERS Special issue devoted to selected papers presented at the ICONE-27

A new Method Of Characteristics (MOC) based computer code, USLAM, has been used to analyze the Fire Protection System (FPS) of a Nuclear Power Plant. Some unique features of this system are that it has a complex geometry, has many operating modes, is connected to an adjacent nuclear power plant FPS, and has a significant number of high elevation st...

This special issue features selected papers from the ICONE-23 held May 17-20, 2015 in Makuhari, Chiba, Japan. About 700 technical papers and presentations were made during the ICONE-23 conference from 30 countries. We invited all authors to submit their augmented papers for journal publication consideration. More than 50 authors responded. Our spec...

This special issue features selected papers from the ICONE-23 held, May 17-20, 2015 in Makuhari, Japan, with 585 technical papers presented along 114 technical presentations without a paper in the proceeedigs. Our special thanks go to all the authors for their valuable support and for giving us an opportunity to showcase a sample of their research...

Damping is a major concern in the design and operation of tube bundles with loosely supported tubes in baffles for process shell and tube heat exchangers and steam generators which are used in nuclear, process and power generation industries. System damping has a strong influence on the amplitude of vibration. Damping depends upon the mechanical pr...

Fire Protection water systems are typically piping networks where water is pumped from a low elevation reservoir at atmospheric pressure to higher elevations in the buildings served by the system. Because of this nature of their design, they are prone to water hammers due to water column separation & rejoining. A loss of pressure can lead to void f...