Vapor explosion studies for nuclear and non-nuclear industries

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 235, Issue 10-12, 2005, Pages 1061-1077

  Taleyarkhan, Rusi P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CASTINGS; COATINGS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OXIDES; PYROLYSIS; QUENCHING; STEAM; VAPORS;

EXPLOSION PREVENTION; NON-CONDENSABLE GASES (NCG); STEAM EXPLOSION TRIGGERING STUDIES (SETS); SURFACE WETTABILITY;

EXPLOSION TESTING;

EID: 19044385607     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2005.01.016     Document Type: Article

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