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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
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Numerical Study of Natural Convection in Vertical Enclosures using a Novel Non-Boussinesq Algorithm

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Pages 849-873 | Received 19 Nov 2006, Accepted 06 Jan 2007, Published online: 14 Sep 2007

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