• Title of article

    ThesimulationofmeltspreadingwithTHEMAcode:Part2:AssessmentagainstspreadingexperimentsOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    B.Spindler، نويسنده , , J.M.Veteau، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    17
  • From page
    425
  • To page
    441
  • Abstract
    IntheframeworkofR&DonsevereaccidentsforPWRs,definitionofmitigationmeansforcoolingofthemoltencoreafteravesselmelt-throughisofutmostimportance.Inthecaseofspreading-basedconcepts,theTHEMAcode,whichconsidersintegratedbalanceequationsoverthefluiddepth,aimsatpredictingthespreadingextentofnoneutecticmixturesunderdefinedinletconditions(pouringrate,temperatureandcomposition).Inafirstpart,themodelsandtheassessmentstrategyofthecodehavebeenpresentedandthecorrectrunningofthemainmoduliofthecodehavebeenassessedbycomparingthenumericalresultsagainstknownsolutionsofbasicproblems.Inthissecondpart,theresultsofthevalidationofthecodeagainstexperimentsconductedwithloworhightemperaturesimulatingmaterialsaswellasprototypicmeltsarepresented.Itisconcludedthatthecodehasreachedasufficientlevelofconfidencetomakepredictivereactorapplications.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    896004