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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 70, 2016 - Issue 6
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A control volume finite element method with spines for solutions of fractional heat conduction equations

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Pages 503-516 | Received 24 Mar 2016, Accepted 13 Jul 2016, Published online: 26 Oct 2016

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