An analytical study of mechanisms that govern debris packing in a LWR severe accident

Proceedings - 12th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, NURETH-12

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kudinov, Pavel ^a   Dinh, Nam ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Debris bed formation; Discrete element method; Gap tooth scheme; LWR; Numerical simulation; Packing layer; Severe accident

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LIGHT WATER REACTORS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS;

GAP TOOTH SCHEME; PACKING LAYERS;

DEBRIS;

EID: 44349098203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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