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M. L. Corradini
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 82 | Number 4 | December 1982 | Pages 429-447
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE82-429
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This paper describes current analysis and modeling results of large-scale steam explosion experiments. For the large-scale experiments, a transient one-dimensional explosion model was developed that can qualitatively predict the trends in the experimental data. The model employs a description of vapor film collapse and subsequent fuel fragmentation by thermal and mechanical means. In addition, a simple empirical explosion model was developed and incorporated into a two-dimensional hydrodynamic computer program. This combination can be used to investigate the two-dimensional characteristics of the propagation and expansion phases for large-scale explosions.