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A Boundary Element Analysis for Thermal Convection Problems

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Viscous Flow Applications

Part of the book series: Topics in Boundary Element Research ((TBOU,volume 5))

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In recent years, the rapid development of computers has been utilized for applying numerical analyses to solve a variety of problems in the scientific and engineering fields. Especially, the numerical analysis of fluid flow problems has become recognized as a new subject called Numerical fluid mechanics or Computational fluid mechanics.

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  1. Computational Mechanics Institute, Ashurst Lodge, SO4 2AA, Ashurst, Southampton, UK

    Carlos A. Brebbia

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Kitagawa, K., Brebbia, C.A., Tanaka, M. (1989). A Boundary Element Analysis for Thermal Convection Problems. In: Brebbia, C.A. (eds) Viscous Flow Applications. Topics in Boundary Element Research, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83683-1_5

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