Open Access
Issue
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 347, 2026
2025 SAIMechE Central Branch Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Related Disciplines (SCMERD 2025)
Article Number 01002
Number of page(s) 10
Section Thermofluids and Heat Transfer
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202634701002
Published online 14 January 2026
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