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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
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Solution of the Boltzmann Transport Equation for Phonon Transport via the Speed-Up Transient Monte Carlo Method Using Reference Temperature

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Pages 281-306 | Received 05 Dec 2013, Accepted 24 Jan 2014, Published online: 25 Aug 2014

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