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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 54, 2008 - Issue 3
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A Finite-Volume Method for Navier-Stokes Equations on Unstructured Meshes

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Pages 238-259 | Received 27 Feb 2008, Accepted 25 Apr 2008, Published online: 29 Jul 2008

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