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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Items in this Collection
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Spring 2011
Steel plate shear walls have typically been analyzed using quasi static and monotonic pushover analysis; however, dynamic excitations during an earthquake elicit different behaviour from the structure due to the nature of the loading. This report outlines the design and analysis of a steel plate...
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A design support system to determine the machine eligibility for manufacturing frame assemblies
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As offsite construction is trending, an increasing number of construction products are fabricated in a controlled factory environment. By using automated machinery, the productivity and accuracy of construction-oriented products have been improved. However, as BIM models do not provide...
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Spring 2012
In order to achieve the best results possible by electron beam lithography (EBL), many aspects of the different stages of EBL have to be carefully optimized. In the exposure stage, dose, energy, aperture size, step size and working distance have to be carefully set. In the development stage, an...