DCH dispersal and entrainment experiment in a scaled annular cavity

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 164, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 271-285

  Lopez de Bertodano, M ^a   Becker, A ^a   Sharon, A ^b   Schnider, R ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Comp Simulation Technologies Inc ^*  (United States)

^c ABB INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; HEAT TRANSFER; HELIUM; MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STEAM; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER;

CORIUM DISPERSAL; DIRECT CONTAINMENT HEATING; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HIGH PRESSURE MELT EJECTION;

CONTAINMENT VESSELS;

EID: 0030213085     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-5493(96)01223-x     Document Type: Article

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