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Jason Hales, Ph.D.

Department Manager

Research Areas:
Computational mechanics

Biography:

Jason Hales is a computational scientist specializing in parallel, nonlinear, fully-coupled multi-physics software. His technical skills include numerical methods, high performance computing, non-linear solid mechanics, material model development, finite element contact, and multi-physics coupling.  Dr. Hales joined INL in 2010 with a principal focus on non-linear solid mechanics capability development.  He is the primary author of Bison, INL’s nuclear fuel performance application.  Dr. Hales now manages INL’s Computational Mechanics and Materials Department, which develops a set of multi-physics applications in support of several DOE-NE programs.  Dr. Hales served in leadership positions in DOE-NE​ programs (Nuclear Energy Advanced Modeling and Simulation (NEAMS) and Consortium for Advanced Simulation of LWRs (CASL)) for six years.  In those positions, he oversaw work on the development of models for novel nuclear fuels and materials.  He has authored technical papers on computational aspects of mechanics and nuclear fuel behavior in journals such as Computational Mechanics and Journal of Nuclear Materials.  Before joining INL he spent nine years at Sandia National Laboratories where he worked on the solid mechanics applications in SIERRA.  Dr. Hales holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering from Brigham Young University and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Education:

​Ph.D., Civil Engineering - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

M.S., CIvil and Environmental Engineering - Brigham Young University

B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering - Brigham Young University

Publications:

​J. Hales, A. Toptan, W. Jiang, and B. Spencer, “Numerical evaluation of AGR-2 fission product release,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 558, p. 153325, 2022. Online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022311521005481​

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B. Collin, W. Jiang, K. Gamble, R. Gardner, J. Hales, B. Haugh, S. Novascone, J. Roche, B. Spencer, and A. Toptan, “TRISO fuel performance modelling with BISON,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 2048, no. 1, p. 012012, 2021.

 

K. Gamble, T. Knight, E. Roberts, J. Hales, and B. Spencer, “Mechanistic verification of empirical UO2 ​fuel fracture models,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 556, p. 153163, 2021. Online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002231152100386X

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A. Toptan, W. Jiang, J. D. Hales, B. W. Spencer, A. Casagranda, and S. R. Novascone, “FEA-aided investigation of the effective thermal conductivity in a medium with embedded spheres,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, vol. 381, p. 111355, 2021. Online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029549321003071

 

J. Yu, C. D. Blakely, J. D. Hales, and H. Zhang, “Accident tolerant fuel rod failure under low stress: A case study of BWR under station blackout using Bison,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, p. 153037, 2021. Online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022311521002609

 

R. L. Williamson, J. D. Hales, S. R. Novascone, G. Pastore, K. A. Gamble, B. W. Spencer, W. Jiang, S. A. Pitts, A. Casagranda, D. Schwen, A. X. Zabriskie, A. Toptan, R. Gardner, C. Matthews, W. Liu, and H. Chen, “BISON: A flexible code for advanced simulation of the performance of multiple nuclear fuel forms,” Nuclear Technology, vol. 207, no. 7, pp. 954–980, 2021. Online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2020.1836940

 

J. D. Hales, W. Jiang, A. Toptan, and K. A. Gamble, “Modeling fission product diffusion in TRISO fuel particles with BISON,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 548, p. 152840, 2021. Online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022311521000635

 

W. Jiang, J. D. Hales, B. W. Spencer, B. P. Collin, A. E. Slaughter, S. R. Novascone, A. Toptan, K. A. Gamble, and R. Gardner, “TRISO particle fuel performance and failure analysis with BISON,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 548, p. 152795, 2021. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022311521000180

 

A. Toptan, N. W. Porter, J. D. Hales, B. W. Spencer, M. Pilch, and R. L. Williamson, “Construction of a Code Verification Matrix for Heat Conduction With Finite Element Code Applications,” Journal of Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, vol. 5, no. 4, p. 041002, 12 2020. Online at https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/verification/article/5/4/041002/1090520/Construction-of-a-Code-Verification-Matrix-for

 

G. Pastore, K. A. Gamble, R. L. Williamson, S. R. Novascone, R. J. Gardner, and J. D. Hales, “Analysis of fuel rod behavior during loss-of-coolant accidents using the BISON code: Fuel modeling developments and simulation of integral experiments,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 545, p. 152645, 2021. Online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022311520312538

 

G. Pastore, R. L. Williamson, R. J. Gardner, S. R. Novascone, J. B. Tompkins, K. A. Gamble, and J. D. Hales, “Analysis of fuel rod behavior during loss-of-coolant accidents using the BISON code: Cladding modeling developments and simulation of separate-effects experiments,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 543, p. 152537, 2021. Online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022311520311454

 

S. Biswas, D. Schwen, and J. D. Hales, “Development of a finite element based strain periodicity implementation method,” Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, vol. 179, p. 103436, 2020. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168874X20301165

 

S. Stimpson, K. Clarno, R. Pawlowski, R. Gardner, ​​J. Powers, B. Collins, A. Toth, S. Novascone, S. Pitts, J. Hales, and G. Pastore, “Coupled fuel performance calculations in VERA and demonstration on Watts Bar unit 1, cycle 1,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, vol. 145, p. 107554, 2020. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306454920302528​

 

​A. Toptan, J. D. Hales, R. L. Williamson, S. R. Novascone, G. Pastore, and D. J. Kropaczek, “Modeling of gap conductance for LWR fuel rods applied in the BISON code,” ​Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology, 2020. Online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00223131.2020.1740808

 

T. Barani, G. Pastore, D. Pizzocri, D. Andersson, C. Matthews, A. Alfonsi, K. Gamble, P. V. Uffelen, L. Luzzi, and J. Hales, “Multiscale modeling of fission gas behavior in u3si2 under lwr conditions,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 522, pp. 97 – 110, 2019. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022311519301151

 

P. V. Uffelen, J. Hales, W. Li, G. Rossiter, and R. Williamson, “A review of fuel performance modelling,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 516, pp. 373 – 412, 2019. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/ science/article/pii/S0022311518310298

 

T. Barani, D. Pizzocri, G. Pastore, L. Luzzi, and J. Hales, “Isotropic softening model for fuel cracking in BISON,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, vol. 342​, pp. 257 – 263, 2019. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029549318310173

 

Y. Che, G. Pastore, J. Hales, and K. Shirvan, “Modeling of Cr2O3-doped UO2 as a near-term accident tolerant fuel for LWRs using the BISON code,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, vol. 337, pp. 271 – 278, 2018. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002954931830102X

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M. Wagih, B. Spencer, J. Hales, and K. Shirvan, “Fuel performance of chromium-coated zirconium alloy and silicon carbide accident tolerant fuel claddings,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, vol. 120, pp. 304 – 318, 2018. ​Online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306454918303037

 

S. Novascone, P. Medvedev, J. W. Peterson, Y. Zhang, and J. Hales, “Modeling porosity migration ​in LWR and fast reactor MOX fuel using the finite element method,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 508, pp. 226 – 236, 2018. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022311518302861

 

​D. Pizzocri, G. Pastore, T. Barani, A. Magni, L. Luzzi, P. V. Uffelen, S. Pitts, A. Alfonsi, and J. Hales, “A model describing intra-granular fission gas behaviour in oxide fuel for advanced engineering ​tools,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2018. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022311517315039

 

K. A. Gamble, T. Barani, D. Pizzocri, J. D. Hales, K. A. Terrani, and G. Pastore, “An investigation of FeCrAl cladding behavior under normal operating and loss of coolant conditions,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 491, pp. 55–66, 2017. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022311516312740

 

B. W. Spencer, R. L. Williamson, D. S. Stafford, S. R. Novascone, J. D. Hales, and G. Pastore, “3D modeling of missing pellet surface defects in BWR fuel,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, vol. 307, pp. 155–171, 2016. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029549316302187

 

R. L. Williamson, K. A. Gamble, D. M. Perez, S. R. Novascone, G. Pastore, R. J. Gardner, J. D. Hales, W. Liu, and A. Mai, “Validating the BISON fuel performance code to integral LWR experiments,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, vol. 301, pp. 232–244, 2016. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029549316000789

 

X.-M. Bai, M. R. Tonks, Y. Zhang, and J. D. Hales, “Multiscale modeling of thermal conductivity of high burnup structures in UO2 fuels,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 470, pp. 208–215, 2016. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022311515303974

 

S. R. Novascone, B. W. Spencer, J. D. Hales, and R. L. Williamson, “Evaluation of coupling approaches for thermomechanical simulations,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, vol. 295, pp. 910–921, 2015. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029549315002757

 

X. Wu, T. Kozlowski, and J. D. Hales, “Neutronics and fuel performance evaluation of accident tolerant FeCrAl cladding under normal operation conditions,” Annals of Nuclear Energy, vol. 85, pp. 763–775, November 2015. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306454915003461

 

J. D. Hales, M. R. Tonks, K. Chockalingam, D. M. Perez, S. R. Novascone, B. W. Spencer, and R. L. Williamson, “Asymptotic expansion homogenization for multiscale nuclear fuel analysis,” Computational Materials Science, vol. 99, pp. 290–297, March 2015. Online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.commatsci.2014.12.039

 

G. Pastore, L. P. Swiler, J. D. Hales, S. R. Novascone, D. M. Perez, B. W. Spencer, L. Luzzi, P. Van Uffelen, and R. L. Williamson, “Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of fission gas behavior in engineering-scale fuel modeling,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol. 456, pp. 398–408, 2015. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022311514006771

 

J. D. Hales, M. R. Tonks, F. N. Gleicher, B. W. Spencer, S. R. Novascone, R. L. Williamson, G. Pastore, and D. M. Perez, “Advanced multiphysics coupling for LWR fuel performance analysis,” Ann. Nuclear Energy, vol. 84, pp. 98–110, October 2014. Online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2014.11.003

 

H. Huang, B. Spencer, and J. Hales, “Discrete element method for simulation of early-life thermal fracturing behavior in ceramic nuclear fuel pellets,” Nuclear Engineering and Design, vol. 278, pp. 515 – 528, 2014. Online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0029549314004440

 

O. Courty, A. T. Motta, and J. D. Hales, “Modeling and simulation of hydrogen behavior in Zircaloy-4 fuel cladding,” J. Nucl. Mater., vol. 452, pp. 311–320, 2014. Online at ​http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.05.013

 

J. D. Hales, S. R. Novascone, B. W. Spencer, R. L. Williamson, G. Pastore, and D. M. Perez, “Verification of the BISON fuel performance code,” Ann. Nuclear Energy, vol. 71, pp. 81–90, September 2014. Online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2014.03.027

 

J. D. Hales, R. L. Williamson, S. R. Novascone, D. M. Perez, B. W. Spencer, and G. Pastore, “Multidimensional multiphysics simulation of TRISO particle fuel,” J. Nucl. Mater., vol. 443, pp.531–543, November 2013. Online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.07.070

 

K. Chockalingam, M. R. Tonks, J. D. Hales, D. R. Gaston, P. C. Millett, and L. Zhang, “Crystal plasticity with Jacobian-free Newton–Krylov,” Computational Mechanics, vol. 51, pp. 1–11, 2013. Online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00466-012-0741-7

R. L. Williamson, J. D. Hales, S. R. Novascone, M. R. Tonks, D. R. Gaston, C. J. Permann, D. Andrs, and R. C. Martineau, “Multidimensional multiphysics simulation of nuclear fuel behavior,” J. Nucl. Mater., vol. 423, pp. 149–163, 2012. Online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2012.01.012

 

J. D. Hales, S. R. Novascone, R. L. Williamson, D. R. Gaston, and M. R. Tonks, “Solving nonlinear solid mechanics problems with the Jacobian-free Newton Krylov method,” CMES: Comput. Model. Eng. Sci., vol. 84, no. 2, pp. 123–154, 2012. Online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3970/cmes.2012.084.123

Presentations:

​J. D. Hales and K. A. Gamble, “Modelling advanced technology fuels,” in Enlarged Halden Programme Group Meeting, Lillehammer, Norway, 24–28 September 2017.

 

R. L. Williamson, G. Pastore, B. W. Spencer, and J. D. Hales, “BISON validation for LOCA and PCMI behaviour using measurements from the Halden Reactor Project,” in Enlarged Halden Programme Group Meeting, Lillehammer, Norway, 24–28 September 2017.

 

G. Pastore, C. P. Folsom, R. L. Williamson, and J. D. Hales, “Modeling fission gas behavior with the BISON fuel performance code,” in Enlarged Halden Programme Group Meeting, Lillehammer, Norway, 24–28 September 2017.

 

K. A. Gamble and J. D. Hales, “Preliminary modeling of accident tolerant fuel concepts under accident conditions,” in TopFuel 2016 Conference Proceedings, Boise, ID, 11–16 September 2016.

 

F. Gleicher, J. Ortensi, M. DeHart, Y. Wang, S. Schunert, S. Novascone, J. Hales, R. Williamson, A. Slaughter, C. Permann, D. Andrs, and R. Martineau, “The application of Mammoth for a detailed tightly coupled fuel pin simulation with station blackout,” in TopFuel 2016 Conference Proceedings, Boise, ID, 11–16 September 2016.

 

J. Yu, Y. Zhang, and J. D. Hales, “Development of molecular dynamics potential for uranium silicide fuels,” in TopFuel 2016 Conference Proceedings, Boise, ID, 11–16 September 2016.

 

J. D. Hales and K. A. Gamble, “Multiscale modeling of accident tolerant fuels under the NEAMS ATF program,” in 2016 ANS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 12–16 June 2016.

 

J. D. Hales and K. A. Gamble, “Modeling accident tolerant fuel concepts,” in Enlarged Halden Programme Group Meeting, Oslo/Fornebu, Norway, 8–13 May 2016.

 

A. Casagranda, B. W. Spencer, G. Pastore, S. R. Novascone, J. D. Hales, R. L. Williamson, and R. C. Martineau, “Determination of experimental fuel rod parameters using 3D modeling of PCMI with MPS defects,” in Enlarged Halden Programme Group Meeting, Oslo/Fornebu, Norway, 8–13 May 2016.

 

R. L. Williamson, G. Pastore, S. R. Novascone, B. W. Spencer, and J. D. Hales, “Modelling of LOCA tests with the BISON fuel performance code,” in Enlarged Halden Programme Group Meeting, Oslo/Fornebu, Norway, 8–13 May 2016.

 

G. Pastore, J. D. Hales, S. R. Novascone, B. W. Spencer, and R. L. Williamson, “Modelling of gadolinium fuel test IFA-681 using the bison code,” in Enlarged Halden Programme Group Meeting, Oslo/Fornebu, Norway, 8–13 May 2016.


J. D. Hales and K. A. Gamble, “Development and application of accident tolerant fuel models,” in TMS2016, Nashville, TN, 14–18 February 2016.

 

J. D. Hales and K. A. Gamble, “Preliminary evaluation of FeCrAl cladding and U-Si fuel for accident tolerant fuel concepts,” in TopFuel 2015 Conference Proceedings, Zurich, Switzerland, 13–17 September 2015.

 

S. M. Bragg-Sitton, B. J. Merrill, and J. Hales, “Evaluation of enhanced accident tolerant LWR fuels,” in TopFuel 2015 Conference Proceedings, Zurich, Switzerland, 13–17 September 2015.

 

G. Pastore, S. R. Novascone, R. L. Williamson, J. D. Hales, B. W. Spencer, and D. S. Stafford, “Modelling of fuel behaviour during loss-of-cooling accidents using the BISON code,” in TopFuel 2015 Conference Proceedings, Zurich, Switzerland, 13–17 September 2015.

 

R. J. Gardner, S. R. Novascone, D. M. Perez, R. L. Williamson, J. D. Hales, and W. Liu, “Improving the accuracy of PCMI simulations with more realistic geometry and material models,” in TopFuel 2015 Conference Proceedings, Zurich, Switzerland, 13–17 September 2015.

 

B. Spencer, H. Huang, J. Dolbow, Z. Zhang, G. Pastore, and J. Hales, “Discrete modeling methods for fracture in ceramic nuclear fuel,” in Halden LOCA Workshop, Aix-en-Provence, France, May 2015.

 

W. Liu, R. Montgomery, C. Tomé, C. Stanek, and J. Hales, “VPSC implementation in BISON-CASL code for modeling large deformation problems,” in ANS MC2015 – Joint International Conference on Mathematics and Computation (M&C), Supercomputing in Nuclear Applications (SNA) and the Monte Carlo (MC) Method, Nashville, TN, April 19–23 2015.

 

F. Gleicher, R. Williamson, J. Ortensi, Y. Wang, B. Spencer, S. Novascone, J. Hlaes, and R. Martineau, “The coupling of the neutron transport application rattlesnake to the nuclear fuels performance application BISON under the MOOSE framework,” in Proceedings of PHYSOR 2014, Kyoto, Japan, Oct. 2014.

 

B. Spencer, H. Huang, J. Dolbow, and J. Hales, “Discrete modeling of early-life thermal fracture in ceramic nuclear fuel,” in Proceedings of WRFPM 2014, Sendai, Japan, Sep. 2014, Paper No. 100061.

 

J. D. Hales, P. G. Medvedev, S. R. Novascone, D. M. Perez, and R. L. Williamson, “Analysis of doubleencapsulated fuel rods,” in Enlarged Halden Programme Group Meeting, Røros, Norway, 7–12 September 2014.

 

G. Pastore, D. Pizzocri, J. D. Hales, S. R. Novascone, D. M. Perez, B. W. Spencer, R. L. Williamson, P. V. Uffelen, and L. Luzzi, “Modeling of transient fission gas behavior in oxide fuel and application to the BISON code,” in Enlarged Halden Programme Group Meeting, Røros, Norway, 7–12 September 2014.

 

R. Montgomery, N. Capps, D. Sunderland, W. Liu, J. D. Hales, C. Stanek, and B. D. Wirth, “Advanced pellet cladding interaction modeling using the US DOE CASL fuel performance code: Peregrine,” in Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Dec. 2013, INL/JOU-14-33087.

 

R. L. Williamson, J. D. Hales, S. R. Novascone, G. Pastore, D. M. Perez, B. W. Spencer, and R. C. Martineau, “Overview of the BISON multidimensional fuel performance code,” in IAEA Technical Meeting: Modeling of Water-Cooled Fuel Including Design-Basis and Severe Accidents, Chengdu, China, October 28–November 1, 2013.

 

G. Pastore, J. D. Hales, S. R. Novascone, D. M. Perez, B. W. Spencer, and R. L. Williamson, “Analysis of fission gas release in LWR fuel using the BISON code,” in 2013 LWR Fuel Performance Meeting – TopFuel, Charlotte, NC, September 15–19 2013.

 

W. Liu, J. Rashid, D. Sunderland, R. Montgomery, C. Stanek, B. Wirth, J. Hales, and R. Williamson, “Numerical method of modeling creep of zirconium-alloy cladding in a multi-physics fuel performance code,” in 2013 LWR Fuel Performance Meeting – TopFuel, Charlotte, NC, September 15–19 2013.

 

N. Capps, D. Sunderland, W. Liu, R. Montgomery, J. Hales, C. Stanek, and B. Wirth, “Verification and benchmarking of Peregrine against Halden fuel rod data and FALCON,” in 2013 LWR Fuel Performance Meeting – TopFuel, Charlotte, NC, September 15–19 2013.

 

J. D. Hales, D. M. Perez, R. L. Williamson, S. R. Novascone, B. W. Spencer, and G. Pastore, “Nuclear fuel modeling with BISON,” in Fuels & Materials Summer School on Principles of Fuel Behaviour Modelling and Practical Applications. Halden, Norway: OECD Halden Reactor Project, August 26–29 2013.

 

J. D. Hales, M. R. Tonks, K. Chockalingam, D. M. Perez, S. R. Novascone, and B. W. Spencer, “Multiscale nuclear fuel analysis via asymptotic expansion homogenization,” in Transactions of SMiRT-22, I. A. for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Ed., San Francisco, CA, August 18–23, 2013.

S. R. Novascone, B. W. Spencer, R. L. Williamson, D. Andrs, J. D. Hales, and D. M. Perez, “The effects of thermomechanics coupling strategies in nuclear fuels performance simulations,” in Transactions of SMiRT-22, I. A. for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Ed., San Francisco, CA, August 18–23, 2013.


J. D. Hales, R. L. Williamson, S. R. Novascone, B. W. Spencer, D. M. Perez, and G. Pastore, “Computational challenges in modeling loss of coolant accidents,” in 12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Raleigh, NC, July 22–25 2013.

 

G. Pastore, J. D. Hales, S. R. Novascone, D. M. Perez, B. W. Spencer, and R. L. Williamson, “Modeling of fission gas behavior in nuclear fuel applied to engineering scale analysis,” in 12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Raleigh, NC, July 22–25 2013.

 

B. W. Spencer, J. D. Hales, S. R. Novascone, D. M. Perez, and R. L. Williamson, “Frictional contact in nuclear fuel simulations,” in 12th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Raleigh, NC, July 22–25 2013.

 

J. D. Hales, D. Andrs, and D. R. Gaston, “Algorithms for thermal and mechanical contact in nuclear fuel performance analysis,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, Sun Valley, Idaho, May 5-9, 2013.

 

D. M. Perez, R. L. Williamson, S. R. Novascone, T. K. Larson, J. D. Hales, B. W. Spencer, and G. Pastore, “An evaluation of the nuclear fuel performance code BISON,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, Sun Valley, Idaho, May 5-9, 2013.

 

S. R. Novascone, B. W. Spencer, D. Andrs, R. L. Williamson, J. D. Hales, and D. M. Perez, “Results from tight and loose coupled multiphysics in nuclear fuels performance simulations using BISON,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering, Sun Valley, Idaho, May 5-9, 2013.

 

J. D. Hales, D. M. Perez, R. L. Williamson, S. R. Novascone, B. W. Spencer, and R. C. Martineau, “Validation of the BISON 3D fuel performance code: Temperature comparisons for concentrically and eccentrically located fuel pellets,” in Enlarged Halden Programme Group Meeting: Proceedings of the Fuels and Materials Sessions, vol. HPR-378. Storefjell Resort Hotel, Norway: OECD Halden Reactor Project, March 10–15 2013.

 

S. R. Novascone, J. D. Hales, B. W. Spencer, and R. L. Williamson, “Assessment of PCMI Simulation Using the Multidimensional Multiphysics BISON Fuel Performance Code,” in Proceedings of Top Fuel 2012, Manchester, United Kingdom, September 2-6, 2012.

 

B. W. Spencer, J. D. Hales, S. R. Novascone, and R. L. Williamson, “3D Simulation of Missing Pellet Surface Defects in Light Water Reactor Fuel Rods,” in Proceedings of Top Fuel 2012, Manchester, United Kingdom, September 2-6, 2012.

 

M. Tonks, P. Millett, R. Williamson, S. Novascone, J. Hales, D. Gaston, and D. Andrs, “Multiscale modeling of reactor fuel restructuring,” in TMS Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2012.

 

S. R. Novascone, R. L. Williamson, J. D. Hales, M. R. Tonks, D. R. Gaston, C. J. Permann, D. Andrs, and R. C. Martineau, “A Multidimensional and Multiphysics Approach to Nuclear Fuel Behavior Simulation,” in Proceedings of PHYSOR 2012, A. N. Society, Ed., Knoxville, Tennessee, April 15-20, 2012.

 

B. Wirth, D. Gaston, J. Hales, R. Martineau, R. Montgomery, Y. R. Rashid, and C. Stanek, “3-dimensional, high-resolution modeling of nuclear fuel performance: pellet clad interaction,” in TMS 2012, Orlando, Florida, March 11-15 2012.

 

J. Hales, D. Andrs, D. Gaston, S. Novascone, C. Permann, M. Tonks, and R. Williamson, “Fully coupled, implicit, 3-d, multi-physics for analysis of nuclear fuel,” in 11th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Minneapolis, MN, 2011.

 

D. Gaston, C. Permann, D. Andrs, J. Peterson, M. Tonks, J. Hales, R. Williamson, and L. Guo, “Massively parallel multiphysics simulation using an object-oriented framework,” in The Second Annual CAES Workshop on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization, Boise, ID, Sep 8-9 2011.

 

J. D. Hales, S. W. Key, and T. Hensley, “Hexahedral elements for bending,” in 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Columbus, OH, Jul 16–19 2009, SAND2010-6313.

 

B. W. Spencer, M. W. Heinstein, K. H. Pierson, and J. D. Hales, “Multiscale method for efficient explicit transient dynamics,” in 10th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Columbus, OH, Jul 16–19 2009.

 

J. D. Hales, M. W. Heinstein, and B. W. Spencer, “A modal decomposition algorighm for explicit transient dynamics,” in 9th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, San Francisco, CA, Jul 22–26 2007, SAND2007-4590 C.

 

C. Lo, T. Hinnerichs, and J. Hales, “Assessment of efficiency for a hybrid explicit/implicit code simulation of a multiple impact crash scenario,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Orlando, FL, Nov 5–11 2005.

 

B. W. Spencer, J. D. Hales, and K. H. Pierson, “Recent developments in the Adagio solid mechanics code,” in 6th Biennial Tri-Lab Engineering Conference, Monterey, CA, Sep. 2005.

 

J. D. Hales, “Coupled engineering simulations using calagio,” in 8th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Austin, TX, Jul 25–27 2005, SAND2005-4474 C.

 

C. C. Wong, R. R. Lober, and J. D. Hales, “Coupled electro-thermal mechanical analyses for SMM actuators development,” in ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Anaheim, CA, Nov 13–19 2004.

 

J. D. Hales, J. A. Mitchell, and K. H. Pierson, “Adagio and andante: Quasi-statics and implicit dynamics for nonlinear solid mechanics,” in Fifth Biennial Tri-Laboratory Engineering Conference, Sante Fe, NM, Nov 5–11 2003, SAND2003-2677 A.

 

J. D. Hales, J. A. Mitchell, and C. C. Wong, “Calagio: a coupled thermal-mechanical analysis code,” in NAFEMS World Congress, Orlando, FL, May 27–31 2003.

 

J. D. Hales, “Tempo and Calagio: Examples of loose coupling for multi-mechanics simulations,” in 7th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, NM, Jul 27–31 2003.

 

J. D. Hales and I. D. Parsons, “A parallel multigrid method for the finite element analysis of mechanical contact,” in International Conference on Computational Engineering and Sciences, Reno, NV, Jul 31–Aug 2 2002.

 

J. D. Hales and I. D. Parsons, “The parallel performance of an implicit multigrid contact algorithm,” in 6th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Dearborn, MI, 2001.

 

A. Namazifard, I. D. Parsons, A. Acharya, E. Taciroglu, and J. Hales, “Parallel structural analysis of solid rocket motors,” in 36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit, Huntsville, AL, 2000, AIAA Paper 2000-3456.

 

I. D. Parsons, P. V. S. Alavilli, A. Namazifard, J. Hales, A. Acharya, F. Najjar, D. Tafti, and X. Jiao, “Loosely coupled simulations of solid rocket motors,” in 5th US National Congress on Computational Mechanics, Boulder, CO, Aug. 1999.

 

I. D. Parsons, P. V. S. Alavilli, A. Namazifard, J. Hales, and D. Tafti, “Coupled mutli-physics simulations of solid rocket motors,” in Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Jun. 1999.

Awards:

​2016, LDRD Poster Session, Second Place
“Multidimensional Multiphysics Modeling of Fuel Behavior During Accident Conditions,”


Richard Williamson, Jason Hales, Stephen Novascone and Giovanni Pastore
2016, INL Copyright Award


BISON Nuclear Fuel Performance Code, BISON Development Team
2011, INL Laboratory Director Award


Fuels Modeling and Simulation, BISON Development Team
2009, Sandia Employee Recognition Award
SIERRA Mechanics Agile Software Development Team

Research Interests:

​Computational mechanics, numerical methods, multiphysics

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