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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
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Visualization of Heat Transport during Natural Convection in a Tilted Square Cavity: Effect of Isothermal and Nonisothermal Heating

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Pages 417-441 | Received 28 Sep 2011, Accepted 10 Dec 2011, Published online: 08 Mar 2012

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