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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 60, 2011 - Issue 2
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Numerical Evaluation of Flow and Heat Transfer in Plate-Pin Fin Heat Sinks with Various Pin Cross-Sections

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Pages 107-128 | Received 03 Sep 2010, Accepted 16 Apr 2011, Published online: 05 Jul 2011

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