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- 1Akhavan Taheri Borojeni, Azadeh
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- 1Balzan, Miguel A.
- 1Behboodi, Fahimeh
- 1Bhinder, Amrit PS
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An examination of the design of mathematical models incorporating both microstructural and surface effects in anti-plane deformations
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Micropolar theory and surface mechanics are rapidly becoming key tools in the development of more advanced models which can precisely describe the behavior of deformable elastic solids. Renewed interest in these areas has arisen due to the desire of researchers to generalize continuum-based...
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An impact force transducer for anthropomorphic test dummy headforms: Application to study effects of external helmet accessories on biomechanical measures of head injury risk
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The first half of this thesis describes the mechanical design, calibration and validation of an in-fibre Bragg grating based impact transducer. The transducer comprises an in-fibre Bragg grating fixed to an aluminum superstructure (12 mm in diameter, 3 mm thickness) designed to withstand typical...
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An investigation of the strain field and inter-fragmentary movement of a broken hemi-pelvis
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Pelvic fracture is considered a common and sometimes fatal injury. There are still developments in novel pelvic fixations. In order to investigate the performance of these fixations, a specialized testing set-up is required. Typically, the strains of a few selected points and the changes in the...
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Automating Information Flow in Hyperspectral Measurements for Soil Characterization in Tailings
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In the first section of this thesis, two laboratory experiments conducted on tailing samples were evaluated using a structured qualitative analysis procedure. The process model of Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Output, and Customers (SIPOC) was used to study relationships amongst different parts of...
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Fall 2015
Biomass fuels have long been accepted as useful renewable energy sources, especially in mitigating greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. Fossil fuel-based power plants make up over 30% of the GHG emissions in Alberta, Canada. Displacement of fossil fuel-based power through biomass co-firing has been...
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Characterization of Particulate Matter Morphology and Volatility for Two Direct-Injection Engines
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Particulate matter emitted from two direct injection engines has been characterized by morphology, volatility, mass-mobility exponent, effective density, and size distribution using tandem measurements from a centrifugal particle mass analyzer (CPMA) and differential mobility analyzers (DMA). The...
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Characterization of Thermal-Mechanical Properties and Optimal Selection of Coke Drum Materials
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Coke drums, critical equipment in petroleum industry, experience severe thermal-mechanical loading during operations and, the safety and integrity of the coke drum are important to the industries. The tendency of material selections of the coke drum is increasing towards with higher content of...
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Spring 2015
Colloidal-collector interactions are of fundamental importance in separation and filtration technologies. Here, the effect of collector grains on the behavior of colloidal particles was studied in two different experimental systems, i.e., column studies with stationary collectors and batch mixing...
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Spring 2015
Biabangard Oskouyi, Amirhossein
In this thesis, a novel three-dimensional continuum percolation model based on Monte Carlo simulation approach was developed and employed to investigate the percolation behavior of the electrically insulating matrix reinforced with conductive nanoplatelet fillers such as graphene. The...
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Constructing Continuous Strain and Stress Fields from Spatially Discrete Displacement Measurements in Soft Materials
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Recent studies show that particle tracking together with moving least-square (MLS) method is capable to interpolate displacement field and to determine strain and stress fields from discrete displacement measurements in soft materials. The goal of this study is to evaluate of the numerical...