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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 7, 070018(2025)

Experimental study on flow instability in parallel helical tubes

Xiong ZHENG*, Tianming RUAN, Yisong HU, Yaxin GAO, Shuqi MENG, Dechang CAI, and Yulong MAO
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    Xiong ZHENG, Tianming RUAN, Yisong HU, Yaxin GAO, Shuqi MENG, Dechang CAI, Yulong MAO. Experimental study on flow instability in parallel helical tubes[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(7): 070018

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    Category: Special Issue on The First Academic Annual Conference of the Research Reactor and Innovative Reactor Association of Chinese Nuclear Society and Advanced Nuclear Power System Reactor Engineering

    Received: Mar. 2, 2025

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 15, 2025

    The Author Email: Xiong ZHENG (x.zheng.ty@foxmail.com)

    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.250092

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