Molten pool coolability: COMECO experiments

International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, Proceedings, ICONE

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 553-562

  Konovalikhin, M J ^a   Karbojian, A ^a   Sehgal, B R ^a  

^a RINGHALS AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION; HEAT OF VAPORIZATION; LATENT HEAT OF FUSION; MELT COOLABILITY; STRESS TENSOR; SURFACE EMISSIVITY;

COOLING WATER; GRAVITATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; QUENCHING; SPECIFIC HEAT; TENSORS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VAPORIZATION;

CORE MELTDOWN;

EID: 0036393150     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ICONE10-22357     Document Type: Conference Paper

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