Comparison of CFD natural convection and conduction-only models for heat transfer in the Yucca Mountain drifts

Proceedings of the ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference 2004, HT/FED 2004

Volumn 2 A, Issue , 2004, Pages 223-232

  Hadgu, Teklu ^a   Webb, Stephen W ^a   Itamura, Michael T ^a   Francis, Nicholas D ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; PRANDTL NUMBER; ROCKS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

MOUNTAIN DRIFTS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; ROCK FORMATION; YUCCA MOUNTAIN PROJECT (YMP);

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 21644478814     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/ht-fed2004-56085     Document Type: Conference Paper

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