Development of a Two-Temperature Open-Source CFD Model for Hypersonic Reacting Flows

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A Two-Temperature Open-Source CFD Model for Hypersonic Reacting Flows, Part One: Zero-Dimensional Analysis

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Numerical Analysis of Thermochemical Nonequilibrium Flows in a Model Scramjet Engine

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