CFD and DNS methodologies development for fuel bundle simulations

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 14-16, 2006, Pages 1503-1510

  Baglietto, E ^a   Ninokata, H ^a   Misawa, Takeharu ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLANTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION (DNS); SECONDARY FLOW DISTRIBUTIONS; STRESS STRAIN CORRELATION; SYNERGETIC POTENTIAL;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 33745187538     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.03.045     Document Type: Article

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