Corflow: A code for the numerical simulation of free-surface flow

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 158-180

  Wittmaack, Ralf ^a,b,c,d  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS POWER GENERATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corium spreading; Free surface flow; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORE MELTDOWN; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GRAVITY WAVES; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CORIUM SPREADING; FREE SURFACE FLOWS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE CORFLOW;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 0031199656     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT97-A35384     Document Type: Article

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