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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 64, 2013 - Issue 2
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Original Articles

Similarity and Comparison of Three Finite-Volume Methods for Diffusive Fluxes Computation on Nonorthogonal Meshes

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Pages 118-146 | Received 12 Dec 2012, Accepted 22 Feb 2013, Published online: 22 May 2013

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