Transitional flow from laminar to turbulent mixed convection in a heated vertical pipe

Proceedings of the American Nuclear Society - International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants 2005, ICAPP'05

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1652-1662

  Lee, J I ^a   Saha, P ^a   Hejzlar, P ^a   Kazimi, M S ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); HEAT TRANSFER; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LAMINAR FLOW; MIXED CONVECTION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TURBULENT FLOW;

DECAY HEAT REMOVAL (DHR); GAS-COOLED FAST REACTOR (GFR); TRANSITIONAL FLOW;

GAS COOLED REACTORS;

EID: 34249094152     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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