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Fall 2023
Riverbank erosion poses significant environmental and infrastructural challenges, including soil loss, damage to infrastructure, flooding, and threats to wildlife and vegetation. Erosion control structures are essential for mitigating this issue, and geobags have been used as a fundamental...
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Development of a Novel Electro-thermal Anti-icing System for Fiber-reinforced Polymer Composite Airfoils
DownloadFall 2012
Given the trend towards expanded use of polymeric composites for wind turbine blades and aircrafts wing, icing of polymer composite airfoils is a challenge; this thesis is addressing this issue from a conceptual perspective. For the first time, the concept of embedded thermal elements as an...
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Energy optimization of a residential building using occupancy prediction via sensor fusion and machine learning algorithms
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Occupancy-based control systems for floor heating can lead to energy saving in a residential building. This study focuses on the energy consumption by space heating system in a half-duplex residential house located in Edmonton, Alberta. In the first part, a sensor fusion model was designed to...