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NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 48, Issue 7, 070025(2025)

Simulation of four-equation model for turbulent heat transfer in liquid lead-bismuth eutectic flows with multi-channel structure

Fang CHEN, Xiting CHEN, Kejia LI, Jiming LIN^*, Shuqi MENG, Yisong HU, Dechang CAI, Yulong MAO, and Desheng JIN

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China Nuclear Power Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518000, China

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Fang CHEN, Xiting CHEN, Kejia LI, Jiming LIN, Shuqi MENG, Yisong HU, Dechang CAI, Yulong MAO, Desheng JIN. Simulation of four-equation model for turbulent heat transfer in liquid lead-bismuth eutectic flows with multi-channel structure[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2025, 48(7): 070025

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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: Feb. 17, 2025

Accepted: --

Published Online: Sep. 15, 2025

The Author Email: Jiming LIN (LINJiming)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2025.hjs.48.250068

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