Simulation of turbulent and thermal mixing in T-junctions using URANS and scale-resolving turbulence models in ANSYS CFX

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 240, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2313-2328

  Frank, Th ^a   Lifante, C ^a   Prasser, H M ^b   Menter, F ^a  

^a ANSYS INC   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY EFFECT; HORIZONTAL PLANES; MEASUREMENT DATA; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; REYNOLD SAVE RAGING; T JUNCTIONS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEST CASE; THERMAL MIXING; THERMAL STRIPING; THERMOCOUPLE MEASUREMENTS; TURBULENCE STRUCTURES; TURBULENT MIXING; VATTENFALL; VERTICAL PLANE; WATER STREAMS;

BUOYANCY; MIXING; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; TEST FACILITIES; THERMAL CYCLING; THERMOCOUPLES; TURBULENCE MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77955423629     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2009.11.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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