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Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Wall Adaptation on Flow Over a Cylinder in a Modernized Adaptive-Wall Wind Tunnel
(University of Waterloo, 2010-02-19)A renovation of an adaptive-wall wind tunnel was completed to improve flow quality, automate data acquisition, integrate a three-axis traversing mechanism, and regain functionality of an adaptive-wall test section. Redesign ... -
An Experimental Investigation of the Fire Characteristics of the University of Waterloo Burn House Structure
(University of Waterloo, 2006)This thesis reports on the procedure, results and analysis of four full scale fire tests that were performed at the University of Waterloo's Live Fire Research Facility. The purpose of these tests was to investigate the ... -
Experimental Investigation of the Flow Behaviour Inside a Centrifugal Impeller Channel at Design and Off-Design Flow Rates
(University of Waterloo, 2007-06-27)An experimental study of the flow behavior inside the channels of an 8-blade backswept low specific speed impeller at design and off-design conditions is presented. The measurements took place at both the inlet and the ... -
Experimental Investigation of Transition over a NACA 0018 Airfoil at a Low Reynolds Number
(University of Waterloo, 2011-07-27)Shear layer development over a NACA 0018 airfoil at a chord Reynolds number of 100,000 was investigated experimentally. The effects of experimental setup and analysis tools on the results were also examined. The sensitivity ... -
Experimental Investigation on Tapping Noise in EVAP System of a Motor Vehicle
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-08)Within automotive industry, Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) has emerged to be one of the main research topics. Unlike attributes such as vehicle safety, drivability, and durability which are functionality criteria, ... -
Experimental Measurement of Effective Diffusion Coefficient in Gas Diffusion Layer/Microporous Layer in PEM Fuel Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-31)Accuracy in the effective diffusion coefficient of the gas diffusion layer (GDL)/microporous layer (MPL) is important to accurately predict the mass transport limitations for high current density operation of polymer ... -
Experimental Measurements of LiFePO4 Battery Thermal Characteristics
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-29)A major challenge in the development of next generation electric and hybrid vehicle technology is the control and management of heat generation and operating temperatures. Vehicle performance, reliability and ultimately ... -
Experimental Methods for the Constitutive Characterization of Sheet Materials in Generalized Plane Strain
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-11)Decreasing vehicle weight by substituting traditional steel for high-strength steel or aluminum is an effective way to improve fuel economy and decrease greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector. The optimization ... -
Experimental Studies of the Hydrodynamics of Liquid Droplet Generation and Transport in Microchannels
(University of Waterloo, 2014-06-18)Droplet microfluidics is a promising field since it overcomes many of the limitations of single phase microfluidic systems. The improved mixing time scale, the increase of number of samples and the isolation of droplets ... -
Experimental Studies on Iron-Based Catalytic Combustion of Natural Gas
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-21)Catalytic combustion is an efficient method to reduce pollutant emissions produced by a variety of fuels. In this thesis, the use of iron pentacarbonyl (Fe(CO)5) as a catalyst precursor in the combustion of natural gas is ... -
Experimental study of flow through compressor Cascade
(Elsevier, 2017-09-01)The objective of this research work is to study the behaviour of flow at the inlet, within the blade passage and at the exit of a compressor cascade. For this purpose, a cascade with six numbers of aerofoil blades was ... -
Experimental Study of Thermal Degradation of Fire Resisting Compartment Partitions in Fires
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-28)Fire separations in a building (e.g. walls) are often constructed from combustible materials; those containing wood stud framing, mineral wool insulation, and gypsum board wallcoverings are commonplace in Canadian residential ... -
Experimental study on droplet generation in flow focusing devices considering a stratified flow with viscosity contrast
(Elsevier BV, 2017-05-18)High throughput analysis is highly demanded in a variety of chemical reactions. Droplet microfluidics offers unique advantages over traditional multi-well plate systems for high throughput analysis such as providing a ... -
Experimental Study on Multi-Hole Biodiesel Pulsed Spray in Cross Airflow
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)Many fuel spray characterization studies to date have been conducted in quiescent environments with single-hole fuel injectors. However, in actuality, multi-hole injectors spray into direct injection engine cylinders where ... -
An Experimental Technique for the Study of the Mechanical Behavior of Thin Film Materials at Micro- and Nano-Scale
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-21)An experimental technique has been presented to probe the mechanical behavior of thin film materials. The method is capable of tensile testing thin films on substrate and free-standing thin film specimens. A mechanical ... -
Experimental Techniques for Static and Dynamic Analysis of Thick Bonding Wires
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-13)Thick bonding wires are used in modern power modules as connectors between integrated circuits, carrying current from one circuit to another. They experience high values of current, which generates heat through Joule heating ... -
Experimental Testing and Modelling of Adhesively Joined T-structures
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-02)As fuel-efficiency standards continue to push original equipment manufacturers (OEM's) to produce more fuel-efficient vehicles, it is important to look at new and innovative ways to achieve this goal. Although there are ... -
An exploration of isolated vortex collisions
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-27)Vortices are ubiquitous in fluid dynamics, and their interactions are critical in various natural and engineering phenomena, such as the turbulence cascade and unsteady fluid loading on structures. This thesis focuses on ... -
Extensible Modeling of Compressed Air Energy Storage Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-20)There is a growing number of renewable energy sources that can supply power to the electrical grid. These renewable sources of energy are intermittent in nature and therefore the transition from using fossil fuels to ... -
Extrudable hydroxyapatite/plant oil-based biopolymer nanocomposites for biomedical applications: Mechanical testing and modeling
(Elsevier, 2019-07-15)Towards developing bone-inspired, high performance composite biomaterials, two nanocomposite inks, consisting of a plant oil-based biopolymer resin (soybean oil epoxidized acrylate (SOEA)) and silanized nano-hydroxyapatite ...