Hydraulic benchmark data for PWR mixing vane grid

Nuclear Engineering and Design

Volumn 264, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-102

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

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; HEAT TRANSFER; MIXING; TESTING; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY;

AXIAL COMPONENTS; BENCHMARK TESTS; CFD METHODOLOGIES; HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; STRUCTURAL GRIDS; TESTING TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY FIELD;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84885083649     PISSN: 00295493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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