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Surface Cooling of a Pool Fire by Aqueous Foams by Conroy, Michael W., Fleming, James W., Ananth, Ramagopal

“…We model an idealized case of heat transfer relevant for foams used to suppress pool fires wherein an ambient-temperature firefighting foam is placed uniformly…”
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Bubble coarsening dynamics in fluorinated and non-fluorinated firefighting foams by Kennedy, Matthew J., Conroy, Michael W., Dougherty, John A., Otto, Nicholas, Williams, Bradley A., Ananth, Ramagopal, Fleming, James W.

“…•Firefighting foams followed the self-similar bubble growth law known for SDS foam.•Fluorinated foams coarsened slower than non-fluorinated foams.•The…”
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Velocimetry of interstitial flow in freely draining foam by Kennedy, Matthew J., Conroy, Michael W., Fleming, James W., Ananth, Ramagopal

“…[Display omitted] Interstitial flows at the middle height of a freely draining foam column were measured by microparticle image velocimetry (μPIV), and…”
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Liquid drainage from high-expansion (HiEx) aqueous foams during and after filling of a container by Conroy, Michael W., Taylor, Justin C., Farley, John P., Fleming, James W., Ananth, Ramagopal

“…•Analytical theory for effect of filling on induction period and drainage.•The induction time decreases and drainage rate increases with increased fill…”
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Prediction of Isothermal Equation of State of an Explosive Nitrate Ester by van der Waals Density Functional Theory by Landerville, Aaron C, Conroy, Michael W, Oleynik, Ivan I, White, Carter T

“…A new energetic material, nitrate ester 1 (NEST-1), has shown promise as a powerful, technologically attractive explosive. Its physical properties under…”
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Influence of fuel on foam degradation for fluorinated and fluorine-free foams by Hinnant, Katherine M., Conroy, Michael W., Ananth, Ramagopal

“…[Display omitted] •Fuel beneath an aqueous firefighting foam increases the rate of foam degradation.•Iso-octane degrades foams faster than…”
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Passive delivery of mixed explosives vapor from separated components by DeGreeff, Lauryn E., Malito, Michael, Katilie, Christopher J., Brandon, Andrew, Conroy, Michael W., Peranich, Kimberly, Ananth, Ramagopal, Rose-Pehrsson, Susan L.

“…[Display omitted] •Detection canines are often used to detect homemade explosives.•Safety requirements of homemade explosives may limit training frequency of…”
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Density functional theory studies of energetic materials by Conroy, Michael W

“…First-principles calculations employing density functional theory (DFT) were performed on the energetic materials PETN, HMX, RDX, nitromethane, and a recently…”
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Density functional theory studies of energetic materials by Conroy, Michael W

“…First-principles calculations employing density functional theory (DFT) were performed on the energetic materials PETN, HMX, RDX, nitromethane, and a recently…”
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