Investigations on mixing phenomena in single-phase flow in a T-junction geometry

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 116-126

  Walker, C ^a   Simiano, M ^a   Zboray, R ^b   Prasser, H M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PIPE; SENSORS; TURBULENCE; WIRE;

CONDUCTIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; DO-MAINS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; IN PIPES; INNER DIAMETERS; MEASURING POINTS; MIXING EXPERIMENTS; MIXING PHENOMENONS; PHASE FLOWS; PIPE WALLS; SIDE BRANCHES; SIGNAL FLUCTUATIONS; STOCHASTIC FLUCTUATIONS; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS; THERMAL MIXING; TRANSIENT FLOW FIELDS; TURBULENT MIXING;

MIXING;

EID: 57649110506     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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