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Paul Murray

Analyst

Research Areas:
Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of Irradiation Experiments in the ATR

Biography:

Dr. Paul Murray is a thermal-hydraulic analyst with 29 years of experience at the Idaho National Laboratory. His research includes computational mechanics and heat transfer, finite element analysis, nuclear reactor hydrodynamics, welding process modeling, and thermal-hydraulic analysis of irradiation experiments. He has published 15 peer-reviewed journal articles, 13 conference presentations, and more than 100 INL technical reports. Dr. Murray is currently a Distinguished Staff Engineer with the ATR Experiment Design and Analysis Department.

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Education:

​Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics - University of Texas at Austin
M.S., Applied Mathematics - Rutgers University
B.A., Applied Mathematics - Rutgers University
 

Publications:

​P. E. Murray and M. K. Shelton, “Design and Analysis of the Zirconium Alloy Irradiation Growth Experiment in the ATR,” INL/LTD-12-27393, January, 2013.


P. E. Murray, “Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of the RERTR-10 and RERTR-12 Experiments,” INL/LTD-13-30325, January, 2013.


P. E. Murray, “Thermal Analysis of Irradiation Experiments in the ATR,” Test, Research, and Training Reactors Annual Conference, INL/CON-12-26307, September, 2012.


P. E. Murray, “INL MAPLE 1 Reflector Three-Dimensional Flow Analysis,” INL/EXT-08-13929, May, 2008.


D. M. McEligot, P. E. Murray, and G. W. Johnsen, “Convective Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Low-Prandtl-Number Gas Mixtures,” INL/EXT-05-00779, September, 2005.


P. E. Murray, “Selecting Parameters for GMAW Using Dimensional Analysis,” Welding Journal, 81(7), July, 2002.


P. Murray, “Stability of Droplets in Gas Metal Arc Welding,” Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 5(4), 2000.


P. E. Murray and A. Scotti, “Depth of Penetration in Gas Metal Arc Welding,” Science and Technology of Welding and Joining, 4(2), 1999.


P. E. Murray, “A Model of Residual Stress in the Fabrication of Thin Glass Films,” ASME J. Eng. Mater. Tech., 118(2), April 1996.


P. E. Murray, “Numerical Simulation of Coalescence of Inviscid Drops at a Solid Surface,” Comm. Numer. Meth. Eng., 12, 1996.


P. Murray, “An Assessment of Advanced Numerical Methods for Two-Phase Fluid Flow,” EGG-NRE-11262, April, 1994.


P. E. Murray and G. F. Carey, “Viscous Flow and Transport with Moving Free and Reactive Surfaces,” Int. J. Numer. Meth. Eng., 30, 1990.


P. E. Murray and G. F. Carey, “Determination of Interfacial Stress During Thermal Oxidation of Silicon,” J. Appl. Phys., 65(9), 1989.


P. E. Murray and G. F. Carey, “Finite Element Analysis of Mass Transport Through a Viscous Fluid with Reaction,” Chem. Eng. Sci., 42(12), 1987.

Research Interests:

​Finite element methods
Computational heat transfer and fluid dynamics
Nuclear reactor thermal-hydraulics
Modeling of welding processes
Design and analysis of irradiation experiments
Thermal-structural analysis using ABAQUS
Thermal-hydraulic analysis using RELAP5

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