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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 51, 2007 - Issue 1
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Numerical Study of Sphere Drag Coefficient in Turbulent Flow at Low Reynolds Number

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Pages 39-57 | Received 01 Jun 2005, Accepted 28 Feb 2006, Published online: 15 Dec 2006

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