Photographic evidence for the mechanism of fragmentation of a single drop of melt in triggered steam explosion experiments

Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 27-56

  Frohlich, G ^b   Anderle, M ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR REACTORS - CRITICALITY;

FRAGMENTATION; JET PENETRATION; MOLTEN TIN; THERMAL EXPLOSIONS;

STEAM;

EID: 0023855763     PISSN: 03400204     EISSN: 14374358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jnet.1988.13.1.27     Document Type: Article

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