A CFD approach to the atmospheric dispersion of radionuclides in the vicinity of NPPs

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 250-273

  de Sampaio, Paulo A B ^a   Junior, Milton A G ^a   Lapa, Celso M F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

FINITE ELEMENT FORMULATION; MESSAGE PASSING INTERFACE; REMESHING;

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 37749009197     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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