Three-dimensional numerical simulations of heat transfer in an annular fuel channel with periodic spacer ribs under a fully developed turbulent flow

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-185

  Takase, Kazuyuki ^a,b,c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forced convection; Spacer ribbed fuel channel; Turbulent analysis

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PRANDTL NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

ANNULAR FUEL CHANNELS; EDDY VISCOSITY; TURBULENCE MODEL CONSTANTS;

GAS COOLED REACTORS;

EID: 0031140705     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT97-A35377     Document Type: Article

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