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Information
  • Publisher :Korean Society for Computational Fluids Engineering
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국전산유체공학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of Computational Fluids Engineering
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국전산유체공학회지
  • Volume : 31
  • No :2
  • Pages :36-57
  • Received Date : 2026-02-19
  • Revised Date : 2026-06-15
  • Accepted Date : 2026-06-21