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Application of computational fluid dynamic to model the hydraulic performance of subsurface flow wetlands

Liwei Fan1, Reti Hai, Wenxing Wang

  • 1Center of Resources and Environment, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China. fanlw@163.com

Journal of Environmental Sciences (China)
|February 13, 2009
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