Modeling strategies for unsteady turbulent flows in the lower plenum of the VHTR

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 482-491

  Johnson, Richard W ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

LOWER PLENUM; MODELING STRATEGIES; UNSTEADY CALCULATIONS;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 39149112802     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.02.049     Document Type: Article

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