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The Effect of Surface and Loading Conditions on the Corrosion Performance of Stainless Steel Rebar
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-22)Deterioration of reinforced concrete structures due primarily to chloride induced corrosion of plain carbon-steel reinforcement is a widespread problem, particularly in areas close to marine environments and where de-icing ... -
Effect of surface condition on resistance spot welding of advanced high strength steel
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-25)Advanced high strength automotive sheet steel (AHSS) is used in body-in-white design to reduce vehicle weight while maintaining high crashworthiness. Surface coatings applied to AHSS to protect it from oxidation and ... -
Effect of Surface State on Radiative Properties of Advanced High Strength Steel Strips
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-23)Automotive manufacturers increasingly turn to light-weighting through galvanized advanced high strength steels (AHSS) to improve fuel efficiency and reduce pollutant emissions without compromising passenger safety. ... -
Effect of Surface Treatment on Joint Performance and Fracture Morphology in Adhesively Bonded Al-Si Coated Ultra-High Strength Steel
(University of Waterloo, 2020-06-04)The Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standard set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has prompted automotive manufacturers to produce increasingly fuel efficient vehicles. Lightweighting of ... -
Effect of Temperature on Lithium-Iron Phosphate Battery Performance and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Range
(University of Waterloo, 2013-02-21)Increasing pressure from environmental, political and economic sources are driving the development of an electric vehicle powertrain. The advent of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), ... -
The Effect of Weld Design on the Formability of Laser Tailor Welded Blanks
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-25)Tailor welded blanks (TWBs) are used in the automotive industries as a method to meet economic, environmental and governmental demands. Conventionally, TWBs incorporated mild and low strength steels such as interstitial ... -
Effective Thermal Conductivity of Composite Fluidic Thermal Interface Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Thermally enhanced greases made of dispersions of small conductive particles suspended in fluidic polymers can offer significant advantages when used as a thermal interface material (TIM) in microelectronics cooling ... -
Effective Thermo-Capillary Mixing in Droplet Microfluidics Integrated with a Microwave Heater
(American Chemical Society (ACS), 2017-02-07)In this study, we present a microwave-based microfluidic mixer that allows rapid mixing within individual droplets efficiently. The designed microwave mixer is a coplanar design with a small footprint, which is fabricated ... -
Effective U-values and Shading Coefficients of Preheat/Supply Air Glazing Systems
(1986-06)Research is documented which makes use of a computer program called VISION, This computer program was developed specifically to provide a detailed analysis of heat transfer occurring in glazing systems. VISION was modified ... -
The Effects of Additives on the Dehydrogenation of Amorphous Manganese Borohydride and Its Crystalline Form after Solvent Filtration/Extraction
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2017-10-30)A non-stoichiometric, amorphous a-Mn(BH4)(2x) hydride, accompanied by a NaCl-type salt, was mechanochemically synthesized from the additive-free mixture of (2NaBH4 + MnCl2), as well as from the mixtures containing the ... -
The Effects of Additives on the Dehydrogenation of Amorphous Manganese Borohydride and Its Crystalline Form after Solvent Filtration/Extraction
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2017-10-30)A non-stoichiometric, amorphous a-Mn(BH4)(2x) hydride, accompanied by a NaCl-type salt, was mechanochemically synthesized from the additive-free mixture of (2NaBH4 + MnCl2), as well as from the mixtures containing the ... -
Effects of Anti-Icing Agents on the Mechanical Properties of Concrete
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)Anti-icing agents are applied to road surfaces to prevent ice formation and to melt any hail or snow as it falls. The specific agent is selected to provide optimum anti-icing properties for the particular local climate ... -
Effects of Ca and Ce on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Mg-Zn Alloys
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-14)The effects of Ca and Ce on the precipitation behaviour and microstructural characteristics of Mg-Zn based alloys are investigated by comprehensive multi-scale characterization and analysis. The elements Ca and Ce are ... -
Effects of Curing Agents and Drilling Methods on CAF Formation in Halogen-Free Laminates
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-19)Increasing demands for more reliability and functionalities in electronic devices have pushed the electronics industry to adopt newly developed materials and reduce interconnect sizes and spacing. These adaptations have ... -
Effects of De-icing and Anti-icing Chemicals on the Durability of Reinforcing Steel in Concrete
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-25)Concrete is strong in compression; however, it is quite fragile in tension. To overcome this flaw, concrete is frequently reinforced with bars typically made of low grade, low carbon steel. The environment inside of concrete ... -
The Effects of Elevated Temperature and Laminating on the Quasi-Static and Fatigue Properties of Electrical Steel
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-24)Electrical steel is an alloy of steel that can have on average 3% silicon. These alloys are known to possess great magnetic properties, and this makes them an ideal material choice for the application of electric motors ... -
The effects of filamentary Ni, graphene and lithium amide (LiNH2) additives on the dehydrogenation behavior of mechano-chemically synthesized crystalline manganese borohydride (Mn(BH4)2) and its solvent filtration/extraction
(Elsevier, 2018-04-01)Dehydrogenation properties of mechano-chemically synthesized crystalline Mn(BH4)2 hydride without and with ultrafine filamentary carbonyl nickel (Ni), graphene and LiNH2 were investigated. It is reported for the first time ... -
Effects of free-stream turbulence intensity on laminar separation bubbles
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)The effects of free-stream turbulence intensity on the flow over a NACA 0018 airfoil are studied experimentally in a wind tunnel facility. A parametric study is performed over a range of chord Reynolds numbers from 100 000 ... -
Effects of graphene nano-platelets (GNPs) on the microstructural characteristics and textural development of an Al-Mg alloy during friction-stir processing
(Elsevier, 2018-02-15)The aim of this research is to characterize the unique microstructural features of Al-matrix nanocomposites reinforced by graphene nano-platelets (GNPs), fabricated by multi-pass friction-stir processing (FSP). During this ... -
Effects of Initial Fire Attack Suppression Tactics on the Firefighter and Compartment Environments
(University of Waterloo, 2011-06-16)Full-scale experiments are conducted to study the effects of different water-based indirect and combination initial attack methods on the compartment environment and firefighter during compartment fire suppression, with ...