A comparison of Stefan and Phase Field modeling techniques for the simulation of melting nuclear fuel

Journal of Nuclear Materials

Volumn 376, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-239

  Welland, M J ^a   Lewis, B J ^a   Thompson, W T ^a  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MELTING;

LASER FLASH EXPERIMENTS; NUCLEAR SAFETY RESEARCH; PHASE FIELD MODELING TECHNIQUES; STEFAN FORMULATION;

NUCLEAR FUELS;

EID: 43349086822     PISSN: 00223115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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