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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
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hp-Adaptive Finite Element Simulations of Viscous Flow Including Convective Heat Transfer

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Pages 491-513 | Received 03 Feb 2006, Accepted 02 Aug 2006, Published online: 11 May 2007

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