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Merav Arogeti, Eran Sher, Tali Bar-Kohany
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Paulius Vilkinis, Justas Sereika, Gediminas Skarbalius, Algis Dziugys, Nerijus Pedisius
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Shu-hong Xue, Yun-yun Yang, Biao Feng, Hai-long Yu, Li Wang
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P. Roca Ramis de Ayreflor, A. Viudez
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS B-FLUIDS
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Xiao-Jie Huang, Kambiz Vafai
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS B-FLUIDS
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Hoe D. Nguyen, Truong V. Vu, Nang X. Ho, Phan H. Nguyen, Anh D. Le
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS B-FLUIDS
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Yu Li, Boxiao Li
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Mathematics, Applied
Marco Berardi, Giovanni Girardi
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Mathematics, Applied
Nguyen Thi Van Anh
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS B-FLUIDS
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Xing Zhang, Yongqiang Liu, Shaopu Yang, Weidong Niu, Yanhong Chen, Tao Guo
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(2024)
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Mathematics, Applied
Wenming Yang, Jiantuo Ren, Yifan Li, Beiying Liu
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(2024)
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Mathematics, Applied
Piotr Bartman, Anna Ochal, Mircea Sofonea
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COMMUNICATIONS IN NONLINEAR SCIENCE AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION
(2024)
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Idalia Jagodzinska, Bartosz Olszanski, Konrad Gumowski, Slawomir Kubacki
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MECHANICS B-FLUIDS
(2024)
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X. Su, H. Zhang, C. Luo, L. Xu, S. Alghamdi
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(2024)
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Mathematics, Applied
Corentin Correia, Ana Cristina Moreira Freitas, Jorge Milhazes Freitas
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PHYSICA D-NONLINEAR PHENOMENA
(2024)
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Xin Li, Jin-Xuan Yang, Hai-Yan Wang, Ying Tan
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(2024)
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Mathematics, Applied
Enyu Fan, Changpin Li
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(2024)