• Title of article

    ExperimentalstudyontheReynoldsnumberdependenceofturbulentmixinginarodbundleOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    Nicol?sSilin، نويسنده , , LuisJuanic?، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    1860
  • To page
    1866
  • Abstract
    AnexperimentalstudyforReynoldsnumberdependenceoftheturbulentmixingbetweenfuel-bundlesubchannels,wasperformed.Themeasurementsweredoneonatriangulararraybundlewitha1.20pitchtodiameterrelationand10mmroddiameter,inalow-pressurewaterloop,atReynoldsnumbersbetween1.4×103and1.3×105. Thehighaccuracyoftheresultswasobtainedbyimprovingathermaltracingtechniquerecentlydeveloped.TheReynoldsexponentonthemixingratecorrelationwasobtainedwithtwo-digitaccuracyforReynoldsnumbersgreaterthan3×103.ItwasalsofoundamarkedincreaseinthemixingrateforlowerReynoldsnumbers. TheweaktheoreticalbaseoftheacceptedReynoldsdependencewaspointedoutinlightofthelaterfindings,aswellasitsambiguoussupportingexperimentaldata. Thepresentresultsalsoprovideindirectinformationaboutdominantlargescaleflowpulsationsatdifferentflowregimes.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    941305