Research works on contamination transfers through cracked concrete walls

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1159-1165

  Gelain, Thomas ^a   Vendel, Jacques ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPRESSIBLE FLOW; CONCRETES; IMPURITIES; TWO PHASE FLOW; WALL FLOW;

AERAULIC CRACK NETWORKS; AEROSOL DEPOSITION; AEROSOL PHYSICS; CONCRETE WALLS; GLOBAL AEROSOL DEPOSITION MODELS;

CRACK INITIATION;

EID: 40249084218     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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