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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
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Numerical study of MHD natural convection in a rectangular enclosure with an insulated block

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Pages 1004-1022 | Received 23 Jan 2017, Accepted 27 Apr 2017, Published online: 16 Jun 2017

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