CFD evaluation of turbulence models for flow simulation of the fuel rod bundle with a spacer assembly

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 389-396

  Liu, C C ^a   Ferng, Y M ^a   Shih, C K ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CFD; Rod bundle; Turbulence modeling

Indexed keywords

AXIAL DISTRIBUTION; CFD SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMIC (CFD); COMPUTATIONAL MESH; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FUEL BUNDLE; FUEL RODS; HIGH QUALITY; MESH REFINEMENT; NEAR-WALL; NUSSELT NUMBER DISTRIBUTION; REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEMS; ROD BUNDLES; SUBCHANNELS; TURBULENCE MODELING; WALL TREATMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; NUSSELT NUMBER;

TURBULENCE MODELS;

EID: 84862817610     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.02.027     Document Type: Article

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