A simplified method for determination of high cycle thermal fluctuations caused by thermal striping

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

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1749-1755

  Hu, Lin Wen ^a   Kazimi, Mujid S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS (DNS); LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL (RHR) SYSTEMS; THERMAL STRIPING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLANTS; CRACK INITIATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUCLEAR ENERGY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PIPING SYSTEMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THERMAL GRADIENTS; TURBULENCE;

THERMAL CYCLING;

EID: 14844337557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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