The first results from the ACOPO experiment

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 49-57

  Theofanous, T G ^a   Maguire, M ^a   Angelini, S ^a   Salmassi, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CORE MELTDOWN; NATURAL CONVECTION;

RAYLEIGH NUMBERS;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0031163040     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-5493(97)00023-x     Document Type: Article

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