Turbulent flow through spacer grids in rod bundles

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 786-791

  Yang, Sun Kyu ^a   Chung, Moon Ki ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

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EID: 0347601842     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2820739     Document Type: Article

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