Simulation of a reactor cavity steam explosion with a general purpose computational fluid dynamics code;Simuliranje eksplozije pare v reaktorski votlini s splošnim programom za računsko dinamiko tekočin

Strojniski Vestnik/Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 292-308

  Leskovar, Matjaž ^a   Končar, Boštjan ^a   Cizelj, Leon ^a  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Nuclear reactor accident; Reactor cavity; Steam explosion

Indexed keywords

FUEL-COOLANT INTERACTION; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENT; REACTOR CAVITY; STEAM EXPLOSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; SHOCK WAVES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 33746860667     PISSN: 00392480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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