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Original Articles

Wind-tunnel study of surface boundary conditions for large-eddy simulation of turbulent flow past a rough-to-smooth surface transition

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Article: N1 | Received 11 Sep 2009, Accepted 08 Jan 2010, Published online: 22 Feb 2010

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