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Time-Optimal Trajectory Generation and Way-Point Sequencing for 5-Axis Laser Drilling
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-28)Laser drilling provides a highly productive method for producing arrays of holes on planar and freeform shaped components. Industrial applications include fuel injection nozzles, printed circuit boards (PCB’s), inkjet ... -
Time-Optimal Trajectory Generation for 5-Axis On-the-Fly Laser Drilling
(University of Waterloo, 2011-06-24)On-the-fly laser drilling provides a highly productive method for producing hole clusters (pre-defined groups of holes to be laser drilled) on freeform surfaced parts, such as gas turbine combustion chambers. Although the ... -
TiO2 membranes for concurrent photocatalytic organic degradation and corrosion protection
(Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, 2015-10-09)Organic contaminants and corrosion in water treatment effluents are a current global problem and the development of effective methods to facilitate the removal of organic contaminants and corrosion control strategies are ... -
TiO2 Nanomaterials: Photocatalysis and Multifunctional Water Treatment Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-03)Globalization has increased the demand for clean water sources and has increased water pollution due to increased standards of consumption, urbanization and industrial activities. This has necessitated improvements in ... -
Tool eccentricity in thick-plate aluminum alloy friction stir welds
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-13)Tool eccentricity, i.e. the wobbling motion of a milling tool during rapid rotation caused by its slight offset from the spindle rotational axis, has been given very limited attention in the 20 years of friction stir welding ... -
Tooling ball detecting method design for ABB welding robot in automatic TIG welding process
(University of Waterloo, 2010-10-01)This thesis provides the design process for a new tooling ball detection method to calibrate moulds in automatic TIG welding. A mechanical component is designed to locate the tooling ball and convert the position information ... -
Tools for Modelling and Identification with Bond Graphs and Genetic Programming
(University of Waterloo, 2007-03-07)The contributions of this work include genetic programming grammars for bond graph modelling and for direct symbolic regression of sets of differential equations; a bond graph modelling library suitable for programmatic ... -
Topology Based Optimization of Suspension and Steering Mechanisms of Automobiles
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-24)This thesis proposes a kinematic based optimization of the characteristics of suspension and steering systems by focusing on their dynamics interaction. Two of the most important suspension mechanisms are modeled. A new ... -
Topology-Based Vehicle Systems Modelling
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)The simulation tools that are used to model vehicle systems have not been advancing as quickly as the growth of research and technology surrounding the advancements of vehicle technology itself. A topological vehicle systems ... -
Torque Control Strategies for AWD Electric Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2007-02-21)There is a fundamental shift occurring in the design of passenger vehicles for North American markets. While for decades automotive manufacturers have relied on internal combustion engines burning fossil fuels, the early ... -
Towards Autonomous Driving at the Limit of Friction
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-14)Autonomous vehicles have become a reality, many vehicles have implemented some features to allow partial or full autonomy; however, full autonomous driving near the limit of friction still presents many obstacles, especially ... -
Towards Domain Invariant Real-time Point Cloud Perception
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-25)In recent years, autonomous driving has witnessed substantial advancements, owing in part to the rapid advancement of 3D sensor technologies, particularly Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensors.Despite these advancements, ... -
Towards Feedback Controlled Droplet Microfluidic Platforms
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-21)Microfluidics, the manipulation of nanoliter to microliter volumes of fluids, can give important new capabilities to researchers in biology, chemistry, material science, and medicine. Broadly, current methods can be ... -
Towards High Speed Aerial Tracking of Agile Targets
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-17)In order to provide a novel perspective for videography of high speed sporting events, a highly capable trajectory tracking control methodology is developed for a custom designed Kadet Senior Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). ... -
Towards Improved Understanding and Modelling of Compact Heat Exchangers
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-02)The present work pursues the ability to increase the fundamental understanding of and to improve numerical modelling capabilities for Compact Heat Exchangers (CHE). This goal is achieved by numerically and experimentally ... -
Towards Intelligent Tire and Self-Powered Sensing Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-21)Tires are the interface between a vehicle and the ground providing forces and isolation to the vehicle. For vehicle safety, stability, maintenance, and performance, it is vital to estimate or measure tire forces, inflation ... -
Towards Large Eddy Simulation of Boundary Layer Flows at High Reynolds Number: Statistical Modeling of the Inner Layer
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Most fluid flows of practical interest involve and are affected by turbulence. One of the most promising computational methods for the prediction of turbulent flows is the so-called large eddy simulation (LES) methodology. ... -
Towards Predicting Densification and Deformation in the Sintering of Binder-Jet Additively Manufactured Parts
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-10)Binder-jet additive manufacturing (BJAM) is a three-dimensional (3D) printing process which produces parts from successive layers of a powder material (typically metal or ceramic) and selective jetting of a liquid binder ... -
Towards Robust Autonomous MAV Landing with a Gimbal Camera
(University of Waterloo, 2018-11-30)As micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) become increasingly common as platforms for aerial inspection, monitoring and tracking, the need for robust automated landing methods increases, for both static and dynamic landing targets. ... -
Trailer Sway Control Using an Active Hitch
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-24)The handling and yaw stability characteristics of passenger vehicles are drastically changed when towing a trailer, which can lead to unsafe oscillations in the trailer yaw, known as trailer sway. This thesis examines the ...