Thermal analysis of the ALR8(SI) plutonium storage container

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 575-586

  James, D L ^a   Stevkovski, S ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PLUTONIUM; PRANDTL NUMBER; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY;

HEAT GENERATION RATE; PLUTONIUM STORAGE CONTAINER; RAYLEIGH NUMBER;

THERMOANALYSIS;

THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036810420     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6717     Document Type: Article

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