Numerical study of coolant mixing caused by the flow deflectors in a nuclear fuel bundle

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 187-195

  In, Wang Kee ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flow deflector; Sub channel; Swirling flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; KINETIC ENERGY; MIXING; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

FLOW DEFLECTORS; FLOW SYMMETRY; SKEWED ELLIPTIC SWIRLING FLOW; SPLIT VANE DESIGN;

COOLANTS;

EID: 0035340527     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT01-1     Document Type: Article

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