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Design Guidance for Electrospun Nylon 6 Nanofiber Morphology through Design of Experiment and Statistical Analysis Method and Mechanical Properties Characterization
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Electrospinning is an efficient and versatile technique to fabricate polymer nanofibers. In this study, ultrafine Nylon 6 nanofibers were successfully fabricated by the electrospinning technique. The electrospinning voltage, solution concentration and flow rate are three parameters that have been...
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Development of an Experimental Apparatus for Studying the Effects of Acoustic Excitation on Viscosity
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An experimental apparatus was developed capable of measuring changes in fluid viscosity occurring due to acoustic stimulation. Controls allowed measurements at simulated oil sand reservoir pressures and temperatures with near real-time data visualization. Calibration was performed...
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Effect of Heat Exchanger Volume and Geometry on Power Output of a Low Temperature Difference Stirling Engine
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This work presents the results of an investigation into heat exchanger design for low temperature difference Stirling engines (LTDSEs). The aim of this study was to determine if there is an optimum heat exchanger geometry for producing maximum power output for a LTDSE. There are multiple factors...
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Elastic Modulus Prediction of Polymer Nanocomposites: Production and Characterization of Cellulose Nanocrystal Reinforced Polyamide Nanocomposites
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Polymer nanocomposites can fulfill their potential use in engineering applications as researchers and engineers gain a better understanding of nanocomposites’ modelling, production, and characterization methods. Recent polymer nanocomposite studies point out that existing modelling tools either...
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Estimation of the Evaporation Rate of an Isolated Water Microdroplet Subjected to Infrared Radiative Heating
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A combined numerical-experimental investigation was performed to study the influence of infrared radiation on the evaporation of a single-component droplet in the range between 10 and 50 micrometers, under different environmental conditions of relative humidity and temperature of air. A numerical...
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Fall 2018
Creep is defined as the “progressive deformation of a material with time under constant load” and is of primary concern in structural design. This research sought to study the creep behaviour of braided composites. This information could be used to infer how fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) rebars,...
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Fabrication and Wettability Characterization of Electrospun Fibrous Nylon 6/Silica Nanocomposites
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Electrospinning is a simple and versatile method to fabricate polymeric nanofibers and nanocomposites fibers for a wide range of applications。 Electrospun Nylon 6 nanofiber mats have been used in tissue engineering, filtration and protective clothing. Silica nanoparticles are a type of popular...
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Fall 2015
An investigation of the velocity profile in a microscale (<5mm) channel using micro PIV technique is presented. Measuring the velocity profile in the microchannel becomes increasingly important with the improved attention to microscale devices. Theory dictates that flow in the channel has a...
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Investigation of Ultrasonic Acoustic Standing Wave Separation of Particles in a Multi-wavelength Macro-scale Resonator
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This thesis presents an investigation of macro-scale (>5mm) multi-wavelength acoustophoresis. This is a technique used for the filtration of micro-particles from the containing suspension. It uses the primary acoustic force generated by an ultrasonic acoustic pressure standing wave. Primary...
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Fall 2014
An experimental facility was constructed in order to examine the feasibility of the coal bio-conversion under the application of confining pressure. The main purpose of this work was to investigate the effect of confining pressure on methane generation. Core-flooding experiments were conducted...