The role of interfacial friction on the shock wave propagation in stratified gas-liquid flow inside pressure tubes

The admission of the interfacial friction factor in the analysis of the shock wave propagation in the horizontal two-phase stratified flow systems is observed to weaken the shock wave travelling through the phases. A quasi-steady energy balance alludes the importance of the inclusion of the frictional loss in the shock wave phenomena in the horizontal two-phase flows. Finally the problem is dealt with a fuel bundle placed inside the pressure tube, as in a CANDU system to demonstrate experimentally the adverse effect of the pressure transients inside the fuel bundles during a LOCA (loss of coolant accident). (orig.)