...Bing Guo; Weixiao Tang Condensing flow induced vibration (CFIV) of the rotor blade is a tough problem for designers of nuclear turbines because nonequilibrium condensing flow excitation (NECFE) is hard to be directly modeled. Generally, in design, NECFE is assumed as equilibrium condensing flow...

...Annalisa Perasso; Cristina Campi; Cristian Toraci; Francesco Benvenuto; Michele Piana; Anna Maria Massone Contributed by the Nuclear Division of ASME for publication in the J OURNAL OF E NGINEERING FOR G AS T URBINES AND P OWER . Manuscript received June 30, 2014; final manuscript...

...T. M. Conboy; M. D. Carlson; G. E. Rochau Currently, waste heat rejection from electrical power systems accounts for the largest fraction of water withdrawals from the U.S. fresh water table. Siting of nuclear power plants is limited to areas with access to a large natural supply of fresh or sea...