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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 55, 2009 - Issue 8
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Natural Convection Heat Transfer in an Inclined Enclosure Filled with a Water-Cuo Nanofluid

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Pages 807-823 | Received 16 Dec 2008, Accepted 19 Feb 2009, Published online: 08 Apr 2009

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