• Title of article

    Spreadingundervariableviscosityandtime-dependentboundaryconditions:estimateofviscosityfromspreadingexperimentsOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    J.J.Foit، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
  • Pages
    15
  • From page
    239
  • To page
    253
  • Abstract
    Oneofthecoolingconceptsofthehigh-temperaturecoriummeltwhichmayforminacoremeltdownaccidentreliesonsufficientlyhomogeneousspreading.Theconditionsunderwhichcompletespreadingcanbeexpectedaretheobjectsofcurrenttheoreticalandexperimentalstudies. ThelubricationapproximationforlowReynoldsnumberflowsleadstoanequationforwhichself-similarsolutionsforvariousconditionshavebeenfoundbymanyauthors.Thispaperoffersself-similarsolutionsforthespreadingofavolumeofliquidwhichincreasesasapowerlawoftime.Theeffectofcoolingontheviscosityisrepresentedbythetime-dependentviscosity.Avarietyofspreadingexperimentshavebeenperformedwithinmanyinternationalprograms.Theinitialconditionsandboundaryconditionsusedaremorecomplexthanthoseforwhichself-similarsolutionsareknownexplicitly.Basedontheasymptoticbehavior,ast→∞,ofsolutionsoftheCauchyproblemforaquitegeneralclassofinitialdata,approximatesolutionsaregivendescribingthespreadingoffinitevolumewithatimedependentfluxrelease,andsomeofthehigh-temperatureexperimentsareanalyzed.Theeffectofbubblesonrheologyinspreadingexperimentswithwaterandshear-thinningfluidsisinvestigated.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2004
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    894655