Prediction of air and steam leak rate through cracked reinforced concrete panels

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-30

  Riva, Paolo ^a   Brusa, Luigi ^b   Contri, Paolo ^c   Imperato, Lorenzo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b ENEL   (Italy)

^c ISMES Istituto Sperimentale Modelli e Strutture   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; CRACKS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NUCLEAR REACTORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STEAM;

LEAK RATE PREDICTION; REINFORCED CONCRETE PANELS;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

EID: 0033308759     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(99)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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