Investigating the nonlinear dynamics of natural-circulation, boiling two-phase flows

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 244-256

  Zboray, Robert ^a   De Kruijf, Wilhemus J M ^a   Van Der Hagen, Tim H J J ^a   Uddin, Rizwan ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiling two phase flow; Chaotic oscillations; Nonlinear dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOILING WATER REACTORS; CHAOS THEORY; FLUID DYNAMICS; OSCILLATIONS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

BOILING TWO PHASE FLOW; CHAOTIC OSCILLATIONS; NATURAL CIRCULATION FLOW;

BOILING LIQUIDS;

EID: 3142678637     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT04-A3503     Document Type: Article

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