Thermal hydraulics of the spallation target module of an accelerator driven sub-critical system: A numerical study

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 49, Issue 23-24, 2006, Pages 4633-4652

  Arul Prakash, K ^a   Biswas, G ^a   Rathish Kumar, B V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

ADSS; Finite element method; Heat flux; k lunate model; Spallation target; Streamline upwind Petrov Galerkin technique

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRANDTL NUMBER; PROTONS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ACCELERATOR DRIVEN SUB-CRITICAL NUCLEAR REACTOR SYSTEM (ADSS); K-Ε{LUNATE} MODEL; SPALLATION TARGET; STREAMLINE UPWIND PETROV-GALERKIN TECHNIQUE;

NUCLEAR REACTORS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT FLUX; NUCLEAR REACTORS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PRANDTL NUMBER; PROTONS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33746921565     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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