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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 69, 2016 - Issue 1
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Numerical simulation of the heat transfer performance of trisection helical baffled electric heaters

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Pages 85-96 | Received 25 Jan 2015, Accepted 17 Apr 2015, Published online: 23 Sep 2015

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