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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 68, 2015 - Issue 2
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Original Articles

Confined Flow and Heat Transfer Phenomena of Non-Newtonian Shear-Thinning Fluids Across a Pair of Tandem Triangular Bluff Bodies

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Pages 174-204 | Received 21 Oct 2013, Accepted 13 Oct 2014, Published online: 31 Mar 2015

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