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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
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A numerical simulation of heat transfer in an enclosure with a nonlinear heat source

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Pages 1081-1093 | Received 15 Oct 2016, Accepted 27 May 2017, Published online: 28 Jun 2017

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