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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Technical Thermodynamics |
| Keywords | Light water reactors thermal-hydraulics, Safety systems, Core design, Stability analysis |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Troy |
| Institution | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Institute | Dep. of Mechanical, Aerospace & Nuclear Engineering |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Schulenberg | Institut für Kern- und Energietechnik, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/09/2005 |
Programme(s)
| 1993 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Professor Richard T. Lahey is an international authority in multiphase flow and heat transfer technology and was formerly Director of the Center for Multiphase Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He was Dean of Engineering there and Chairman of the Department of Nuclear Engineering & Science and of the Faculty Senate. His scientific career, which he started at General Electric Company, covers the whole area of Boiling Water Nuclear Reactor thermal-hydraulic and safety technologies. His books still serve as a world wide standard for nuclear engineers, and he is now supporting young students in Karlsruhe to develop an innovative light water reactor of the 4th generation. The wide spectrum of his nuclear sciences even includes the recent discovery and proof of Sonofusion, the controlled nuclear fusion in collapsing bubbles. |
Publications (partial selection)
| 2006 | Richard T. Lahey Jr.: A Center-Averaged Two-Fluid Model for Wall-Bounded Bubbly Flows. In: J. Computers and Fluids, 2006, 429-461 |
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| 2006 | Richard T. Lahey Jr.: An Analysis of Interacting Instability Modes. In: Multiphase Science & Technology, 2006, 305-333 |
| 2006 | Richard T. Lahey Jr.: Hydrodynamic Simulation of Air Bubble Implosion using a FEM-based Level Set Approach. In: J. Comp. Physics, 2006, |
| 2006 | Richard T. Lahey Jr.: Medelling Wall-Induced Forces on Bubbles for Inclined Walls. In: Multiphase Science & Technology, 2006, 111-133 |
| 2006 | Richard T. Lahey Jr.: Nuclear Eissions During Self-Nucleated Acoustic Cavitation. In: Phasical Review Letters, 2006, 034301-1 |
| 2005 | Richard T. Lahey Jr.: Analysis of Void Wave Propagation and Sonic Velocity using a Two-Fluid Model. In: Multiphase Science & Technology, 2005, 293-320 |
| 2005 | Richard T. Lahey Jr.: Bubble Nuclear Fusion Technology - Status and Challenges. In: Multiphase Science & Technology, 2005, 191-224 |
| 2005 | Richard T. Lahey Jr.: The Analysis of Linear and Nonlinear Bubble Cluster Dynamics. In: Multiphase Science & Technology, 2005, 225-256 |
| 2005 | Richard T. Lahey Jr.: The Design of Acoustic Chamgers for Bubble Dynamics Research. In: Multiphase Science & Technology, 2005, 257-291 |
| 2005 | Richard T. Lahey Jr.: The Theory of Supercompression of Vapor Bubbles and Nano-Scale Thermonuclear Bubble Fusion. In: Physics of Fluids, 2005, 107106-1 |