Numerical analysis of fragmentation mechanisms in vapor explosions

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 423-433

  Koshizuka, Seiichi ^a   Ikeda, Hirokazu ^a   Oka, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; JETS; LIQUID METALS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

FRAGMENTATION; VAPOR EXPLOSIONS;

NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS;

EID: 0032689414     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(98)00270-2     Document Type: Article

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