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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 65, 2014 - Issue 3
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Numerical Simulation of Unsteady Heat Transfer in a Half-Moon Shape Enclosure with Variable Thermal Boundary Condition for Different Nanofluids

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Pages 282-301 | Received 20 Aug 2013, Accepted 13 Sep 2013, Published online: 24 Feb 2014

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