Development of thermohydraulics computer programs for thermal striping phenomena

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-71

  Muramatsu, Toshiharu ^a,b   Ninokata, Hisashi ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Temperature fluctuations; Thermal striping phenomena

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTAINMENT VESSELS; FUZZY SETS; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SODIUM; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE; WATER;

ADAPTIVE TIME STEP SIZE CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS; THERMAL STRIPING PHENOMENA; THERMOHYDRAULICS COMPUTER PROGRAMS;

LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS;

EID: 0029733832     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/nt96-a35199     Document Type: Article

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