An implicit second-order numerical method for three-dimensional two-phase flow calculations

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-225

  Toumi, I ^a   Caruge, D ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; INTEGRATION; LINEARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMOANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

RIEMANN METHOD; ROE'S METHOD; SLOPE LIMITER METHOD; SOFTWARE PACKAGE FLICA-4; THERMAL-HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS; TWO-PHASE FLOW EQUATIONS;

REACTOR CORES;

EID: 0032180793     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE98-A2001     Document Type: Article

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