A COUPLED CFD-FEM ANALYSIS ON THE SAFETY INJECTION PIPING SUBJECTED TO THERMAL STRATIFICATION
Thermal stratification has continuously caused several piping failures in nuclear power plants since the early 1980s. However, this critical thermal effect was not considered when the old nuclear power plants were designed. Therefore, it is urgent to evaluate this unexpected thermal effect on the st...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-04-01
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| Series: | Nuclear Engineering and Technology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1738573315300668 |