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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
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Numerical investigation of two-phase laminar pulsating nanofluid flow in a helical microchannel

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Pages 921-930 | Received 11 Jun 2015, Accepted 11 Aug 2015, Published online: 21 Jan 2016

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