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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 59, 2011 - Issue 1
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On a Novel Dual-Grid Level-Set Method for Two-Phase Flow Simulation

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Pages 26-57 | Received 09 Sep 2010, Accepted 29 Oct 2010, Published online: 28 Jan 2011

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