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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
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Original Articles

Spurious Current Suppression in VOF-CSF Simulation of Slug Flow through Small Channels

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Pages 1-12 | Received 16 Jan 2014, Accepted 08 Mar 2014, Published online: 20 Oct 2014

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