Simulation of turbulent flow in irregular geometries using a control-volume finite-element method

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-89

  Reyes, M ^a   Rincon J ^b   Damia, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

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EID: 0012838241     PISSN: 10407790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/104077901460696     Document Type: Article

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