On turbulence models for rod bundle flow computations

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 755-761

  Házi, Gábor ^a  

^a KFKI ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TURBULENCE;

FUEL RODS; ROD BUNDLES; STRESS TRANSPORT; TURBULENCE MODELS;

CONTROL RODS;

EID: 16244395182     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2004.12.012     Document Type: Article

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