Coolability of particle beds: Examination and influence of friction laws

Proceedings of the 2004 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants, ICAPP'04

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1130-1139

  Schafer, Patrick ^a   Groll, Manfred ^a   Schmidt, Werner ^a   Widmann, Walter ^a   Bürger, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE VESSELS;

COUNTER-CURRENT FLODDING LIMIT (CCFL); DRYOUT HEAT FLUX (DHF); FRICTION LAWS; PRESSURE GRADIENTS;

LIGHT WATER REACTORS;

EID: 14844295549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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