MHD thermofluid issues of liquid-metal blankets: Phenomena and advances

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 85, Issue 7-9, 2010, Pages 1196-1205

  Smolentsev, Sergey ^a   Moreau, René ^b   Bühler, Leo ^c   Mistrangelo, Chiara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heat transfer; Liquid metal blanket; Magnetohydrodynamic flow

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID METALS; LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; METALS;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOWS; HYDRODYNAMIC SLIPS; INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA; LIQUID METAL BLANKET; MAGNETO-HYDRODYNAMIC FLOW; MHD PRESSURE DROP; SELF-COOLED BLANKET; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 79955467041     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2010.02.038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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