The effect of wall friction in single-phase natural circulation stability at the transition between laminar and turbulent flow

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 1833-1865

  Ambrosini, W ^a   Forgione, N ^a   Ferreri, J C ^b   Bucci, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION LAWS; INDUSTRIAL DEVICES; NATURAL CIRCULATION; WALL FRICTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FRICTION; HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

LAMINAR FLOW;

EID: 4344654877     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2004.05.011     Document Type: Article

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