Thermal MHD Free Convection of a Nanofluid in a Square Porous Cavity Partially Heated and Cooled from Opposite Walls Using Buongiorno’s Two-Phase Model

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


Article Number		01011
Number of page(s)		21
Section		Heat and Mass Transfer and Fluid Mechanics
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202637101011
Published online		22 May 2026

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