Title: Hydraulic characteristics of wire-wrapped rod bundles
Abstract: Existing hydraulic data such as pressure fields, velocity fields, friction factors, flow split and sweeping flows were reviewed and summarized. In addition equations were suggested to calculate subchannel friction factors, flow split and flow sweeping. It was concluded that sufficient data and analysis exist to generate a complete physical model to characterize turbulent flow in wire-wrapped rod bundles; there are inadequate data to construct a physical model to describe laminar and natural circulation flow. Potential hydraulic problems related to rod bundle dimensional tolerances, non-nominal and/or time-dependent pressure drop characteristics should be resolved.
Publication Year: 1980
Publication Date: 1980-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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