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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
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Numerical Analysis of Constructal Water-Cooled Microchannel Heat Sinks with Multiple Bifurcations in the Entrance Region

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Pages 632-650 | Received 14 Apr 2014, Accepted 18 Jun 2014, Published online: 10 Dec 2014

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