Performance and accuracy of a meshless method for laminar natural convection

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 455-467

  Sadat, H ^a   Couturier, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

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EID: 0000348423     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: 15210626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10407790050051146     Document Type: Article

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