An experimental study of natural convection in a volumetrically heated spherical pool bounded on top with a rigid wall

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-348

  Asfia, F J ^a   Dhir, V K ^a  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAINMENT VESSELS; COOLING; FREONS; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MAGNETRONS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCOUPLES; WATER;

HEMISPHERICAL POOLS;

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 0030196878     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-5493(96)01215-0     Document Type: Article

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