General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DES-25-0135
Thesis topic details
Category
Engineering science
Thesis topics
Modeling of the fall of a drop in a volume, in support of the system code CATHARE
Contract
Thèse
Job description
This thesis focuses on the study of droplet fall in free volumes, as part of the continuous improvement of the physical models in the CATHARE code, used for safety studies of Pressurized Water Reactors. The current models are based on the work of Ishii and Zuber, who model the fall velocity of droplets in a two-phase fluid. The objective of the thesis is to refine the precision of this model by incorporating additional parameters and validating it through experiments such as those of Dampierre and CARAYDAS. The PhD candidate will be required to develop a more representative mechanistic model, based on experimental data or CFD simulations if necessary. The innovation lies in developing a more accurate model of droplet fall processes, paving the way for specific applications such as spray modeling, and thus contributing to the validation of the CATHARE code in additional fields.
University / doctoral school
Sciences Mécaniques et Energétiques, Matériaux et Géosciences (SMEMaG)
Paris-Saclay
Thesis topic location
Site
Saclay
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2025
Person to be contacted by the applicant
Berny Alexis
alexis.berny@cea.fr
CEA
DES/DM2S/STMF/LMES
0169082899
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
VINCENT Stéphane
stephane.vincent@univ-eiffel.fr
Université Gustave Eiffel
FR / IFSA - Institut Francilien de Sciences Appliquées
Champs-sur-Marne
Bâtiment: Lavoisier
5 boulevard Descartes
Champs-sur-Marne
77454 Marne-la-Vallée Cedex 2
Bureau: L32
0160957307
En savoir plus
https://cathare.cea.fr/