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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 70, 2016 - Issue 1
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Natural convection in a cavity surface mounted with discrete heaters and subjected to different cooling configurations

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Pages 79-102 | Received 09 Sep 2015, Accepted 24 Jan 2016, Published online: 13 Jul 2016

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