Debris interactions in reactor vessel lower plena during a severe accident I. Predictive model

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-163

  Suh, Kune Y ^a,b   Henry, Robert E ^a  

^a Fauske Associates Inc   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREEP; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RADIATION; JETS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUSSELT NUMBER; PRESSURE VESSELS;

CONTACT RESISTANCE; CONTINUUM DEBRIS BED; DEBRIS JET DISINTEGRATION; JET WATER ENTRAINMENT MODEL; PARTICULATED DEBRIS BED; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; REACTOR VESSEL PLENA; WATER INGRESSION;

NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

EID: 0030566057     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0029-5493(96)01269-1     Document Type: Article

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