Natural convection heat transfer with crust formation in the molten metal pool

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-80

  Park, Rae Joon ^a   Kim, Sang Baik ^a   Kim, Hee Dong ^a   Choi, Sang Min ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COOLANTS; COOLING; CORRELATION METHODS; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

CRUST FORMATION; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THERMAL HYDRAULICS;

LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS;

EID: 0032671222     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT99-A2984     Document Type: Article

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