Experimental benchmark data for PWR rod bundle with spacer-grids

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 253, Issue , 2012, Pages 396-405

  Elvis E Dominguez Ontiveros, ^a   Hassan, Yassin A ^a   Conner, Michael E ^b   Karoutas, Zeses ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT TESTING; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MIXING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TURBULENCE; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DEPENDENT CHARACTERISTICS; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL BENCHMARKS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PHASE-AVERAGED VELOCITY; SINGLE-POINT MEASUREMENT; TIME RESOLVED PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84873406301     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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