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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 49, 2006 - Issue 7
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Original Articles

Natural Convection in a Square Cavity with Spatial Side-Wall Temperature Variation

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Pages 683-697 | Received 28 Mar 2005, Accepted 08 Aug 2005, Published online: 01 Sep 2006

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