Numerical study of the influence of internal structural design on the thermal performance of hollow brick configurations based on HCB8-brick

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


Article Number		01018
Number of page(s)		12
Section		Heat and Mass Transfer and Fluid Mechanics
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202637101018
Published online		22 May 2026

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