Numerical Simulation of the Stratified-Corium Temperature Field and Melting of the Reactor Vessel for a Severe Accident in a Nuclear Power Station

Thermal Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 755-765

  Dombrovskii, L A ^a   Zaichik, L I ^a   Zeigarnik, Yu A ^a  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORE MELTDOWN; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE VESSELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

REACTOR VESSELS;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS;

EID: 0032160951     PISSN: 00406015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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