Design of the European Spallation Source liquid-metal target using computational fluid dynamics

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 218-232

  Dury, Trevor V ^a   Smith, Brian L ^a   Bauer, Günter S ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LIQUID METALS; MERCURY (METAL);

LIQUID-METAL TARGETS;

TARGETS;

EID: 0032632312     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT99-A2997     Document Type: Article

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