Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Fall 2009
Classifying pipe cracks by size from their pulse-echo ultrasonic signal is difficult but highly significant for the defect evaluation required in pipe testing and maintenance decision making. For this thesis, a binary Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier, which divides pipe cracks into two...
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A Surface Science Approach Towards Understanding and Mitigating Fouling and Corrosion in Crude Oil Refinery Units
DownloadFall 2021
This research presents a detailed investigation of corrosion and organic fouling on several important metallurgies in a broad range of crude oils. Throughout a refinery, fouling of metallic heat-transfer surfaces is a ubiquitous, costly, and complex phenomena, made increasingly challenging by...