[en] The thermal-hydraulic subroutines for MABEL-2 have been written and programmed for testing as a stand-alone code MABSA. The model is that of a fuel rod, surrounded by 8 other rods, with a flow region outside representing the reactor geometry. A subchannel model, similar to that in HAMBO, is used to calculate the feed-back effect of cladding strain on heat transfer due to the progressive blocking of the subchannels around the central fuel rod. A number of assumptions was made in building the coolant model. Their use and validation are discussed. (author)