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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 51, 2007 - Issue 4
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On a Mushy Cell Tracking Method for Simulating Gallium Melting

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Pages 351-374 | Received 02 Oct 2006, Accepted 11 Nov 2006, Published online: 27 Sep 2010

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