The inhomogeneous MUSIG model for the simulation of polydispersed flows

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 238, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1690-1702

  Krepper, Eckhard ^a   Lucas, Dirk ^a   Frank, Thomas ^b   Prasser, Horst Michael ^c   Zwart, Phil J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ANSYS INC   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW OF GASES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOMENTUM TRANSFER;

MASS BALANCE; MULTIPLE SIZE GROUP (MUSIG) MODEL; POLYDISPERSED FLOWS;

POLYDISPERSITY;

EID: 43049161329     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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