Characteristics of turbulent velocity and temperature in a wall channel of a heated rod bundle

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-86

  Krauss, T ^a   Meyer, L ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eddy viscosities; Heated air flow; Hot wire; Pulsations; Reynolds stresses; Rod bundle; Turbulent heat fluxes; Turbulent intensities; Wall subchannel

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; NUCLEAR REACTORS; ROD BUNDLES; TURBULENT FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; HEAT FLUX; HEATING; PROBES; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WALL FLOW;

HOT WIRE PROBE; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; REYNOLDS STRESSES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0029673031     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0894-1777(95)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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