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- 1Dolatabadi, Ali (Mechanical & Industrial Engineering - University of Toronto)
- 1McDonald, Andre (Department of Mechanical Engineering)
- 1McDonald, Andre (Mechanical Engineering - University of Alberta)
- 1Nychka, John (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 1Sameoto, Dan (Mechanical Engineering)
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Application of Thermally-Sprayed Coatings as Heat Tracers for Carbon Steel Pipes to Mitigate the Effect of Ice Accumulation and Freezing Damage
DownloadSpring 2020
The bursting of pipes due to freezing of contained liquid is considerably costly in industrial applications, resulting in over $4 billion in damage over the last decade alone in the United States. This doctoral research program attempted to study the root cause of the failure of pipes due to...
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Changing Landscape Coatings for Bioactive Bone Fixation Implants via Flame Spray Deposition
DownloadFall 2013
Owing to the bio-inert nature of load-bearing alloys and the brittle nature of bioactive materials there is a need to develop a composite bioactive material suitable for load-bearing applications. To fulfill this need, a new composite coating of a load-bearing alloy and a resorbable bioactive...
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Development of a Multi-material Extruder System to 3D Print Hard Thermoplastics, Soft Elastomers and Liquid Metals
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Functional sensors often consist of rigid parts, soft rubber-like parts, and mechanically tunable electronic components. As part of a larger project to 3D print tunable antennas, it was tasked to develop a printer that could directly produce 3D stretchable electronics with soft and hard...
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Fall 2015
Ice accretion is a problem that affects the performance and safety of structures that are exposed to cold weather environments. In wind energy production, a constantly growing industry, ice accretion has been found to decrease the performance, produce mechanical failures, and decrease the safety...
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Thermally Sprayed Coatings as Resistive Heating Systems for Wind Turbine Blades and Airfoils
DownloadSpring 2023
Accumulation of ice on the surface of wind turbine blades and aircraft wings in cold environments causes serious issues such as decrease in performance and efficiency. Ice accretion alters the geometrical profile and aerodynamic performance of the surface and increases the weight of the original...