Development of a generalized coalescence and breakup closure for the inhomogeneous MUSIG model

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 241, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1024-1033

  Liao, Yixiang ^a   Lucas, Dirk ^a   Krepper, Eckhard ^a   Schmidtke, Martin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER MIXTURE; BUBBLE BREAK-UP; BUBBLE COALESCENCE; BUBBLE SIZE; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; CFD APPLICATIONS; CFD SOFTWARES; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS-LIQUID MIXTURE; INTERFACIAL SLIP; LAMINAR SHEAR; NEW MODEL; SIMULATION RESULT; TURBULENT FLUCTUATION; VERTICAL PIPES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; SHEAR FLOW;

COALESCENCE;

EID: 79953252718     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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