SPACON - a theoretical model for calculating the heat transport properties in sphere-pac fuel pins

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 165-176

  Botta, F ^a   Hellwig, C ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SINTERING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

SPHERE-PAC FUELS;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 0033746861     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE00-A2132     Document Type: Article

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