CFD investigation of helical wire-wrapped 7-pin fuel bundle and the challenges in modeling full scale 217 pin bundle

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 237, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 2332-2342

  Gajapathy, R ^a   Velusamy, K ^a   Selvaraj, P ^a   Chellapandi, P ^a   Chetal, S C ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE;

FUEL PINS; SPACER WIRE; TRANSVERSE FLOW; TURBULENCE MODEL;

FUEL SYSTEMS;

EID: 36349031872     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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