Modeling of containment atmosphere mixing and stratification experiment using a CFD approach

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 236, Issue 14-16, 2006, Pages 1682-1692

  Kljenak, Ivo ^a   Babić, Miroslav ^a   Mavko, Borut ^a   Bajsić, Ivan ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MIXING; STEAM; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ATMOSPHERE MIXING; STEAM CONCENTRATION; STRATIFICATION; TOSQAN VESSEL;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 33745191150     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2006.04.025     Document Type: Article

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