Flow regime transition criteria for upward two-phase flow in vertical narrow rectangular channels

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 203, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 117-131

  Hibiki, Takashi ^a   Mishima, Kaichiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COOLING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR FUELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW REGIME TRANSITION CRITERIA;

RESEARCH REACTORS;

EID: 0035124391     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(00)00306-X     Document Type: Article

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