Computational model for turbulent flow around a grid spacer with mixing vane

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-260

  Ikeno, Tsutomu ^a   Kajishima, Takeo ^b  

^a Nuclear Fuel Industries Ltd   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grid spacer; Large eddy simulation; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG COEFFICIENT; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIXING; PRESSURE DROP; VORTEX FLOW;

GRID SPACER; SUBCHANNELS; TURBULENT MIXING;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 34249319152     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT07-A3840     Document Type: Conference Paper

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