Transient and stability analysis in single-phase natural circulation

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1177-1198

  Mousavian, Seyed Khalil ^a,b   Misale, Mario ^c   D'Auria, Francesco ^b   Salehi, Mahmoud A ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT SINKS; PUMPS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ENERGY CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; NYQUIST CRITERION;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

EID: 1642633249     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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