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An Eigenvalue Method for Computing the Burning Rates of RDX Propellants

KULDEEP PRASAD Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520
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RICHARD A. YETTER Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 08544
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MITCHELL D. SMOOKE Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520
Pages 35-82 | Received 05 Sep 1995, Accepted 06 Nov 1996, Published online: 27 Apr 2007

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