Investigating flow and heat transfer characteristics in a fuel bundle with split-vane pair grids by CFD methodology

Annals of Nuclear Energy

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-99

  Tseng, Y S ^a   Ferng, Y M ^a   Lin, C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CFD methodology; Rod bundle; Split vane pair grids; SST k turbulence model

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL DIRECTION; CFD METHODOLOGIES; FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FLOW CHARAC-TERISTICS; HEAT GENERATION RATE; HEAT TRANSFER CAPABILITY; ROD BUNDLES; SPLIT-VANE PAIR GRIDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT GENERATION; HEAT TRANSFER; TURBULENCE MODELS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84886446241     PISSN: 03064549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anucene.2013.09.037     Document Type: Article

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