An experimental investigation of natural convection heat transfer within horizontal spent-fuel assemblies

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 306-317

  Canaan, Robert E ^a,b,c   Klein, Dale E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Amarillo Natl Rsrc Ctr Plutonium

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Natural convection; Spent fuel

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CORRELATION METHODS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUSSELT NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; TURBULENT FLOW;

HORIZONTAL ROD BUNDLES; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; WOOTEN-EPSTEIN EQUATION;

SPENT FUELS;

EID: 0030404039     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/nt96-a35286     Document Type: Article

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