Path: Thermal/ThermalProperties
% Liquid metal thermal properties
Outputs liquid metal properties.
Type LiquidMetalProps for a dem of Lithium, Sodium and LBE (lead-bismuth).
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Form:
[lambda,mu,rho,cP] = LiquidMetalProps(metal,t)
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Inputs
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metal (1,:) Metal (Na, Li or LBE)
t (1,:) Temperature (deg-K)
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Outputs
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lambda (1,:) Thermal conductivity (W/m K)
mu (1,:) Dynamics viscosity (Pa s)
rho (1,:) Density (kg/m^3)
cP (1,:) Heat Capacity (J/kg K)
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Reference: Y.Liu and P. Teng, "Numerical investigation on heat transfer
characterization of liquid lithium metal in pipe," May 2021,
http://just.ustc.edu.cn.
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