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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
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Numerical Modeling of Natural Convection Heat Transfer around Horizontal Triangular Cylinders

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Pages 201-219 | Received 18 Mar 2011, Accepted 04 Nov 2011, Published online: 01 Feb 2012

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