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- 46Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of/Theses and Dissertations
- 3Mechanical Engineering, Department of
- 2Physics, Department of
- 2Physics, Department of/Journal Articles (Physics)
- 2Mechanical Engineering, Department of/Progress in Canadian Mechanical Engineering, Volume 5
- 16Department of Mechanical Engineering
- 15Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
- 5Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- 5Department of Physics
- 1Department of Civil Engineering
- 1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 3Lange, Carlos (Mechanical Engineering)
- 3Nikrityuk, Petr (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 2Hayes, Robert (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 2Nikrityuk, Petr (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 2Pogosyan, Dmitri (Physics)
- 2Zhu, David (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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2007
Rankin, Robert, Watt, Clare E. J.
We investigate parallel electron acceleration due to inertial Alfven wave pulses in the presence of Lorentzian ( kappa) distribution functions which possess high-energy tails. A linear kinetic dispersion relation for inertial Alfven waves is derived whose solutions are used to guide the analysis...
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Spring 2023
Circular turbulent jets are essential in many engineering applications and are thoroughly studied. Most of these studies involve stationary jets. Contemporary studies lack the understanding of translating jets partly because the experimental setup is complicated, and computational models cannot...
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Experimental and numerical simulation of degradation of pollutants in water by microbubble-enhanced cold plasma activation -Degradation - Effect of pollutants’ initial concentration
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The necessity to secure reliable water resources has always been a challenge for human societies. Numerous factors contribute to heightened concerns, often resulting in serious crises for governments striving to ensure the provision of clean potable water for diverse purposes. At the same time,...
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Experimental Investigation of Near-well Fluid Mechanics on the Scaling Mechanism in Narrow Rectangular Slots
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This experimental study investigates the effect of near-well fluid mechanics on the scaling failure mechanism specific to SAGD production well. The scaling failure mechanism can be triggered by the pressure drop phenomenon and causes the plugging of the slots in the oilfields. The scale formation...
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Experimental Investigation of Viscoelastic Cavitating and Turbulent Channel Flows Subjected to Different Pressure Gradients
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Steam-assisted gravity drainage is a common method for oil production in Alberta, Canada. Production wells are equipped with inflow control devices to improve production efficiency. These devices utilize nozzle-type constrictions to enhance oil production by hindering water and gas breakthroughs....
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Experimental Investigation on the Turbulence of Particle-Laden Liquid Flows in a Vertical Pipe Loop
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The turbulent motion of particles and their interactions with the turbulence of the carrier phase make a complex system. Hence understanding the physics and consequently developing a well-stablished model becomes very difficult. With insufficient computational power to numerically resolve all the...
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Fall 2013
Habibzadeh Gharehbaba, Alireza
The current work presents the results of an experimental study on the effects of submergence on the performance of a submerged hydraulic jump with baffle blocks downstream of a sluice gate. A wide range of Froude numbers, submergence factors, and block sizes, locations and arrangements were...
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Experiments investigating momentum transfer, turbulence and air-water gas transfer in a wind wave tank
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A series of laboratory experiments were conducted at three fetches of 4.8, 8.8 and 12.4 m, and at six wind speeds ranging from 4.1 to 9.6 m/s at each fetch in a wind-wave-current research facility. In addition, five surfactant-influenced experiments were conducted at concentrations ranging from...
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Exploring the Relationship between Morphological Parameters and Hemodynamic Characteristics in Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Using Fluid-Structure Interaction with Patient-specific Models
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Ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (ATAA) is an abnormal bulge in the ascending part of the aorta. It is associated with the risk of dissection and rupture and has been known as the "silent killer". When dissection or rupture, the outcome is usually severe and associated with high mortality. To...
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Spring 2010
We report upon an experimental study of internal gravity waves generated by the large-amplitude vertical oscillations of a circular cylinder in uniformly stratified fluid. Quantitative measurements are performed using a modified synthetic schlieren technique for strongly stratified solutions of...