CFD analysis of the HYPER spallation target

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1256-1263

  Cho, Chungho ^a   Tak, Nam il ^a   Choi, Jae Hyuk ^b   Lee, Yong Bum ^a  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TURBULENCE;

ACCELERATOR DRIVEN SYSTEM (ADS); GRID STRUCTURES; WINDOW TEMPERATURE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 44549088646     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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