Hydrodynamic consequences of a LOCA in a 4-loop PWR

European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Potapov, Sergueï V ^a   Robbe, Marie France ^b   Téphany , François ^c  

^a Electricite de France Analysis in Mechanics and Acoustics Department   (France)

^b University of Paris Salay   (France)

^c EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic loads; Loca; Nuclear reactor; Pwr; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

FINITE-ELEMENT DISCRETIZATION; HYDRODYNAMIC LOADS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; LIMIT DISPLACEMENT; NOMINAL COMPUTATIONS; NUMERICAL HYDRODYNAMICS; PWR; TWO PHASE FLOW MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PRESSURIZED WATER REACTORS; TWO PHASE FLOW; VELOCITY;

LOSS OF COOLANT ACCIDENTS;

EID: 84893390107     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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