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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
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Original Articles

Unsteady natural convection heat transfer of nanofluid in an annulus with a sinusoidally heated source

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Pages 97-108 | Received 13 Feb 2015, Accepted 17 Apr 2015, Published online: 23 Sep 2015

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