Modelling of void formation in the subcooled boiling regime in the ATHLET code to simulate flow instability for research reactors

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-191

  Hainoun, A ^a,b   Hicken, E ^a   Wolters, J ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b DAMASCUS UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

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EID: 0001564267     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(96)01233-2     Document Type: Article

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