The turbulent mixing rate and the fluctuations of static pressure difference between adjacent subchannels in a two-phase subchannel flow

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 97-106

  Kawahara, Akimaro ^a   Sato, Yoshifusa ^a   Sadatomi, Michio ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MIXING; PRESSURE DROP; TURBULENT FLOW;

PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0031272204     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(97)00166-0     Document Type: Article

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