DET3D-A CFD tool for simulating hydrogen combustion in nuclear reactor safety

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 610-617

  Redlinger, Reinhard ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEN; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SAFETY FACTOR;

NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS; RADIOLYTIC GAS DETONATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 39149136545     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.02.057     Document Type: Article

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