Numerical modeling of natural convection induced by a heated chip in a square cavity containing an adiabatic obstacle and a hybrid nanofluid Fe3O4-Al2O3/water

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 371, 2026 9^th International Congress on Thermal Sciences (AMT’2026)


Article Number		01006
Number of page(s)		10
Section		Heat and Mass Transfer and Fluid Mechanics
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202637101006
Published online		22 May 2026

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