Analysis of dynamical flow structure in a square arrayed rod bundle

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 305-312

  Ikeno, Tsutomu ^a   Kajishima, Takeo ^b  

^a Nuclear Fuel Industries Ltd   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS RESULTS; COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENERGY INJECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW PULSATION; FLUCTUATING VELOCITIES; FLUID MOTIONS; GAP FLOWS; GEOMETRICAL EFFECT; HEAT TRANSPORT; LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE; LATERAL FLOW; LONGITUDINAL MOTION; MEAN FLOW; NEW CONCEPT; PITCH RATIO; ROD BUNDLES; SUBCHANNELS; TANGENTIAL DIRECTIONS; TURBULENCE ENERGY; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENCE STRESS;

FLOW STRUCTURE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; TURBULENCE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 72249110109     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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