Analysis of gas-liquid metal two-phase flows using a reactor safety analysis code SIMMER-III

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 220, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-223

  Suzuki, Tohru ^a,c   Tobita, Yoshiharu ^a   Kondo, Satoru ^a   Saito, Yasushi ^b   Mishima, Kaichiro ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CORE DISRUPTIVE ACCIDENTS; DRAG; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DRAG COEFFICIENT;

LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS;

EID: 0037395893     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-5493(02)00349-7     Document Type: Article

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