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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
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Numerical Investigation of Saturated Flow Boiling in Microchannels by the Lattice Boltzmann Method

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Pages 644-661 | Received 24 May 2013, Accepted 22 Jul 2013, Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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