Approximate model for break-up of solidifying melt particles due to thermal stresses in surface crust layer

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 582-587

  Dombrovsky, Leonid A ^a  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Breakage; Corium; Fuel coolant interaction; Melt droplet; Solidification; Thermal stresses

Indexed keywords

COOLANTS; CORE MELTDOWN; CRYSTALLIZATION; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; SOLIDIFICATION; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL STRESS; THERMOELASTICITY;

AMBIENT WATERS; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; APPROXIMATE MODELS; BREAKAGE; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSES; CORIUM; CRUST LAYERS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; HOLLOW SPHERICAL PARTICLES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MELT DROPLET; PARTICLE SURFACES; PROBLEM PARAMETERS; QUALITATIVE AGREEMENTS; SEVERE ACCIDENTS; SOLIDIFICATION FRONTS; SOLIDIFYING MELTS; STRESS STRAINS; SURFACE CRUSTS; THERMAL STRESSES; TRANSIENT TEMPERATURES;

STRESSES;

EID: 57849135438     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2008.07.025     Document Type: Article

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