CFD methodology and validation for single-phase flow in PWR fuel assemblies

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 240, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2088-2095

  Conner, Michael E ^a   Baglietto, Emilio ^b   Elmahdi, Abdelaziz M ^a  

^a Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CFD CODES; CFD MODELING; CFD MODELS; COMPUTATIONAL MESH; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FUEL ASSEMBLY; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; LATERAL FLOW FIELDS; MIXING DEVICES; MIXING VANE; NORMAL OPERATIONS; PHASE CONDITIONS; PWR FUEL; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; SMALL-SCALE EXPERIMENT; STAR-CD; STRUCTURAL GRIDS; THERMAL TESTING;

EXPERIMENTS; FUELS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; TURBULENCE MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 77955414978     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2009.11.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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