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Dr. Matjaz Leskovar
Senior Research Associate
Reactor Engineering Division
Jozef Stefan Institute
Jamova cesta 39
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Phone: (+386) 1 5885 271
Fax: (+386) 1 5885 377
Email: matjaz.leskovar@ijs.si
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Biographical Sketch
 Year and place of birth: 1968, Ljubljana, Slovenia- I spent my youth in Muenchen, Germany
- In 1980 I moved to Ljubljana, Slovenia, where I live also today
- My favorite hobbies are cycling, skiing, surfing, skating, swimming, playing piano, ...
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Selected Recent Publications
(on-line list of all publications)
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M. Leskovar, M. Ursic: Estimation of ex-vessel steam explosion pressure loads. Nucl. Eng. Des., 2009, vol. 239, no. 11, pp. 2444-2458. (manuscript)
M. Leskovar: Pressure load estimation during ex-vessel steam explosion. J. eng. gas turbine power, 2009, vol. 131, no. 3, pp. 032901-1-032901-7. (manuscript)
L. Cizelj, M. Leskovar, M. Cepin, B. Mavko: A method for rapid vulnerability assessment of structures loaded by outside blasts. Nucl. Eng. Des., 2009, vol. 239, no. 9, pp. 1641-1646.
M. Ursic, M. Leskovar, I. Kljenak, B. Mavko: Modelling of material properties influence in fuel-coolant interaction codes. The 17th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE 17, July 12-16, 2009, Brussels, Belgium, p. 9.
M. Leskovar, M. Ursic: Simulation of first SERENA KROTOS steam explosion experiment. Nuclear energy - winning a sustainable future: Proceedings of the 2009 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP '09), May 10-14, 2009, Shinjuku Tokyo, Japan, p. 8.
M. Leskovar: Influence of jet breakup modeling on ex-vessel steam explosion simulation results. Proceedings of the 2008 International congress on advances in nuclear power plants, June 8-12, 2008, Anaheim, California, USA, pp. 1132-1140.
M. Leskovar: Estimation of pressure loads during ex-vessel steam explosion. 16th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, May 11-25, 2008, Orlando, Florida, USA, p. 9.
M. Ursic, M. Leskovar: SERENA TS-1 and KS-1 pre-test calculations. ANS Winter Meeting, Reno, Nevada, 9-13 November, 2008. Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 2008, vol. 99, pp. 495-496.
A. Prosek, M. Leskovar, B. Mavko: Quantitative assessment with improved fast Fourier transform based method by signal mirroring. Nucl. Eng. Des., 2008, p. 10. (manuscript)
M. Leskovar, R. Meignen, C. Brayer, M. Burger, M. Buck: Material influence on steam explosion efficiency : state of understanding and modelling capabilities. ERMSAR 2007 : European review meeting on severe accident research, Karlsruhe, 12-14 June, 2007, p. 10.
M. Leskovar, B. Koncar: Simulation of steam explosion with a general purpose CFD code, ICONE 14, Fourteenth International Conference on Nuclear Engineering and 2006 ASME Joint U.S.-European Fluids Engineering Summer Meeting, July 17-20, 2006, Miami, Florida, USA, p. 10.
M. Leskovar, B. Koncar, L. Cizelj: Simulation of a reactor cavity steam explosion with a general purpose computational fluid dynamics code, Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 52 (2006), pp. 292-308.
M. Leskovar, B. Mavko: Simulation of the Phebus FPT1 severe accident experiment with the MELCOR computer code, Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 52 (2006), pp. 142-160.
L. Cizelj, B. Koncar, M. Leskovar: Vulnerability of a partially flooded PWR reactor cavity to a steam explosion, Nucl. Eng. Des., 236 (2006), pp. 1617-1627. (manuscript)
M. Cepin, L. Cizelj, M. Leskovar, B. Mavko: Vulnerability analysis of a nuclear power plant considering detonations of explosive devices, J. Nucl. Sci. Technol., 2006, vol. 43, no. 10, str. 1258-1269.
A. Horvat, M. Leskovar, B. Mavko: Comparison of heat transfer conditions in tube bundle cross-flow for different tube shapes, Int. j. heat mass transfer, 49 (2006), pp. 1027-1038. (manuscript)
B. Clement, M. Leskovar et. al: Thematic network for a Phebus FPT-1 international standard problem (THENPHEBISP), Nucl. Eng. Des., 235 (2005), pp. 347-357.
B. Koncar, M. Leskovar, L. Cizelj: Modeling of steam explosion in partially flooded PWR reactor cavity, 2005 Summer Heat Transfer Conference (HT2005), July 17-22, 2005, San Francisco, California, p. 9.
L. Cizelj, B. Koncar, M. Leskovar: Vulnerability of a partially flooded PWR reactor cavity to a steam explosion, ICONE 13, The 13th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, May 16-20, 2005, Beijing, China, p. 8.
M. Cepin, L. Cizelj, M. Leskovar, B. Mavko: Vulnerability analysis considering explosive devices, International conference on Nuclear Security: global directions for the future, London, United Kingdom, 16-18 March 2005, pp. 31-35.
Scientific Research Projects (current)
- OECD-NEA: SERENA Phase 2 (Steam Explosion REsolution for Nuclear Applications), Operating agents: CEA, France and KAERI, Korea, JSI Project leader: M. Leskovar (Vice-Chairman of Programme Review Group and Leader of Analytical Working Group), Duration: till 2011.
7th Framework Programme of the EC: Network of Excellence SARNET2 (Severe accident research network of excellence 2), Coordinator: IRSN, France, JSI Project leader: M. Leskovar, Duration: till 2013.
KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)-JSI Cooperation: Fuel-Coolant Interactions Relating to Steam Explosions, JSI project leader: M. Leskovar, Duration: till 2013.
IRSN (France)-JSI Cooperation: MC3D Software Agreement, JSI project leader: M. Leskovar, Duration: till 2013.
International Research Project MHST-CEA (France): Influence of Melt Droplets Solidification on Steam Explosion, Project leader: M. Leskovar, Duration: till 2010.
Slovenian Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology: Modelling of Material Influence on Steam Explosion, Project leader: M. Leskovar, Duration: till 2012.
Slovenian Ministry of Defence: Modelling of Explosion Consequences on Equipment and Structures, Project leader: M. Leskovar, Duration: till 2007.
IRSN (France)-JSI Cooperation: PHEBUS Fission Products Agreement, JSI project leader: M. Leskovar, Duration: till 2009.
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