Experimental and analytical studies of melt jet-coolant interactions: a synthesis

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 299-327

  Dinh, T N ^a   Bui, V A ^a   Nourgaliev, R R ^a   Green, J A ^a   Sehgal, B R ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLANTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); JETS; NUCLEAR REACTORS;

MELT JET COOLANT INTERACTIONS; REACTOR SCALE PROCESSES;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 0032688368     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(98)00275-1     Document Type: Article

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