Numerical Prediction of Homologous Curves for the SMART MCP

A procedure for generating preliminary homologous curves, which are used as an input for the safety analysis of SMART, was developed. A commercial code for the computational fluid dynamics was adopted as a tool for the procedure. To generate homologous curves, we define the homologous variables and construct a computational matrix. Computations were performed according to the matrix, and the results were compared and analyzed for the representative computational points among the matrix. A modification method to obtain the homologous curves from the results was suggested by using the similarity laws and the complete curves were generated. The curves were compared with available experimental data and the validity of the procedure was investigated.