Void measurement using high-resolution gamma-ray computed tomography

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 241, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2086-2092

  Bieberle, André ^a   Hoppe, Dietrich ^a   Schleicher, Eckhard ^a   Hampel, Uwe ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; CT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAMMA-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-PLANE; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; NON-INVASIVE; OPERATING CONDITION; PULSE PROCESSING; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVE COMPONENTS; SINGLE ELEMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STABILISATION; STRONG MAGNETIC FIELDS; TEST SECTIONS; THERMAL DESIGNS; THERMAL HYDRAULIC TESTS; THERMO-HYDRAULIC; TIME-AVERAGED; VARYING TEMPERATURE; VOID DISTRIBUTIONS;

CESIUM; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HYDRAULICS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 79957709692     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2011.03.028     Document Type: Article

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