CFD analysis of flow field in a triangular rod bundle

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 352-363

  Toth S ^a   Aszodi A ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; AXIAL VELOCITY; CFD ANALYSIS; CROSS FLOWS; FINE GRIDS; FUEL ASSEMBLY; MEASUREMENT DATA; MESH RESOLUTION; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; PRESSURIZED WATER; REYNOLDS STRESS MODELS; ROD BUNDLES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SPACER GRID; SUBCHANNELS; THERMAL HYDRAULIC PROCESS; TRIANGULAR LATTICE;

FLOW FIELDS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENCE; TURBULENCE MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 72249113685     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2008.08.020     Document Type: Article

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