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The ISIS Muon and Neutron source uses the spallation of protons accelerated to 84 % of the speed of light to generate neutrons at two tungsten targets clad in tantalum and cooled by recirculating water.
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The authors are grateful to the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) for the funding under the grant ST/W002388/1. The authors are also grateful to the UK Turbulence Consortium (UKTC) for the computational time on the Archer2 HPC system and to the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under grants EP/L000261/1, EP/N016602/1, EP/K038427/1 and EP/N030028/1.
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Cartland-Glover, G. et al. (2024). Application of LES to the Thermal–Hydraulics of Target Station 2 of the ISIS Muon and Neutron Source. In: Marchioli, C., Salvetti, M.V., Garcia-Villalba, M., Schlatter, P. (eds) Direct and Large Eddy Simulation XIII. DLES 2023. ERCOFTAC Series, vol 31. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47028-8_10
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