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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
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High Rayleigh Number Laminar-Free Convection in Cavities: New Benchmark Solutions

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Pages 73-97 | Received 16 Apr 2010, Accepted 18 Jun 2010, Published online: 09 Sep 2010

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