Liquid entrainment by an expanding core disruptive accident bubble - A Kelvin/Helmholtz phenomenon

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 210, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 53-77

  Epstein, Michael ^a   Fauske, Hans K ^a   Kubo, Shigenobu ^b   Nakamura, Toshio ^c   Koyama, Kazuya ^d  

^a Fauske Associates Inc   (United States)

^b Japan Atomic Energy Agency   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^d Advanced Reactor Technology Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; BREEDER REACTORS; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FAST REACTORS; LIQUID FUELS; VORTEX FLOW;

LIQUID ENTRAINMENT;

CORE DISRUPTIVE ACCIDENTS;

EID: 0035575548     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(01)00436-8     Document Type: Article

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