Phenomenological investigations on the turbulent flow structures in a rod bundle array with mixing devices

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 600-609

  Chang, Seok Kyu ^a,b   Moon, Sang Ki ^a   Baek, Won Pil ^a   Choi, Young Don ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; SWIRLING FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

INTRINSIC FLOW; MIXING DEVICES; ROD BUNDLE ARRAY;

FLOW PATTERNS;

EID: 39349112519     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.02.037     Document Type: Article

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