JOINT RESEARCH ACTIVITY 3:
"LIQUID METAL THERMAL-HYDRAULICS"

Responsable person: Robert Stieglitz, FZK - robert.stieglitz@iket.fzk.de

The objective of this joint research activity is to evaluate the topics here below in the context of three, rather generic, experiments, in order to supply a fundamental input data to the design activities currently underway in other European programmes and dealing with rather specific technical issues. The three proposed experiments are conducted by at least two associations with a good experience in liquid metals and are followed by the liquid metal community.
These are:

· single phase turbulent heat transfer from highly heat loaded surfaces;
· single phase buoyant and mixed convection in loop systems;
· free surface shaping in heavy liquid metal flows in dependence of the geometric and fluid dynamic
boundary conditions.

JRA3 INVOLVED INSTITUTIONS :: CEA - ENEA - FZK - KTH - PSI - SCK·CEN