Open Access
Issue
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 347, 2026
2025 SAIMechE Central Branch Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Related Disciplines (SCMERD 2025)
Article Number 01004
Number of page(s) 5
Section Thermofluids and Heat Transfer
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202634701004
Published online 14 January 2026
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