The Effect of Mixing-vane Arrangements in a Subchannel Turbulent Flow

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1194-1205

  Ikeno, Tsutomu ^a   Kajishima, Takeo ^b   Murata, Tamotsu ^a  

^a Nuclear Fuel Industries   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross flow; Database; Finite difference method; Immersed boundary method; Large eddy simulation; Mixing vane; Numerical simulation; Rod bundle; Swirling flow; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DRAG; EDDY CURRENT TESTING; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MIXING; SWIRLING FLOW;

IMMERSED BOUNDARY METHODS; LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS (LES); MIXING VANES; ROD BUNDLES;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 33750706218     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2006.9711212     Document Type: Article

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