MHD simulations of liquid metal flow through a toroidally oriented manifold

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 7-9, 2008, Pages 1335-1339

  Morley, N B ^a   Ni, M J ^a   Munipalli, R ^b   Huang, P ^b   Abdou, M A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b HYPERCOMP INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Flow balance; Fusion; Liquid metal blankets; Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD); Manifold

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEAD; LIQUIDS; LITHIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; METALS; THEOREM PROVING;

BLANKET DESIGNS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTS; FIELD DIRECTIONS; FIELD STRENGTHS; FLOW BALANCE; FLOW DISTRIBUTIONS; FLOW IMBALANCES; FUSION; LIQUID METAL FLOWS; MAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS; MANIFOLD; MHD EFFECTS; MHD SIMULATIONS; PARALLEL CHANNELS; SUPPLY CHANNELS; TOROIDAL FIELDS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

LIQUID METALS;

EID: 56949105993     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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