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RETRACTED: <i>Numerical Assessment of Prandtl Number Effect on Transient Heat Flux Distribution Imposed on Nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessel by Application of PECM in a Volumetrically Heated Molten Pool</i>
Division of Nuclear Power Safety, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Alba Nova University Center, Stockholm, Sweden
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KeywordsPhase Change Effective Convectivity Model (PECM)Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)User Defined Function (UDF)
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