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Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering: Recent submissions
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Evaluating Cervical Spine Response and Potential for Injury During Head-First Impact Loading Using a Finite Element Head-Neck Model
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-04)Head-first impact (HFI) is caused by events such as rollover motor-vehicle accidents, falls, and sports, and can impose serious and detrimental hard and soft tissue injuries on the cervical spine. HFI is a loading condition ... -
Role of heat balance on the microstructure evolution of cold spray coated AZ31B with AA7075
(Elsevier, 2021-07)A promising solid-state coating mechanism based on the cold spray technique provides highly advantageous conditions on thermal-sensitive magnesium alloys. To study the effect of heat balance in cold spray coating on ... -
LES and FW-H Prediction of Aeroacoustic Noise for a SD 7037 Airfoil for Wind Turbine Applications
(American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., 2019-05-18)The aeroacoustic noise generated by wind turbines poses issues with the implementation of this renewable energy technology. The use of a fully analytical model for predicting airfoil noise could serve as a crucial tool in ... -
Process Planning for Additive Manufacturing of Geometries with Variable Overhang Angles using a Robotic Laser Directed Energy Deposition system
(Elsevier, 2022-01)In the present work, a novel Laser Directed Energy Deposition (LDED) process planning methodology is proposed to build a dome structure with variable overhang angles. Overhang structures with different overhang angles were ... -
Influence of moisture and thermal cycling on delamination flaws in transparent armor materials: Thermoplastic polyurethane bonded glass-polycarbonate laminates
(Elsevier, 2019-11)Transparent armor laminates (TALs), manufactured from layers of soda-lime-silica float glass, thermoplastic polyurethane, and polycarbonate, are known to suffer unpredictable delamination in ambient-condition service, ... -
A modeling and experimental study of capacity fade for lithium-ion batteries
(Elsevier, 2020-11)Lithium-ion batteries are extensively used in electric vehicles, however, their significant degradation over discharge and charge cycles results in severe capacity fade, limiting driving ranges of electric vehicles over ... -
Data related to the effect of specimen geometry and orientation on tensile properties of Ti-6Al-4V manufactured by electron beam powder bed fusion
(Elsevier, 2021-12)Additive manufacturing quality assessment often relies on tensile testing as the preferred methodology to qualify builds and materials. The data included in this article provides additional supporting information on our ... -
The effect of non-spherical platinum nanoparticle sizes on the performance and durability of proton exchange membrane fuel cells
(Elsevier, 2021-11)Platinum (Pt) nanoparticles with different sizes of 2 nm and 5 nm supported on functionalized high surface area carbon (HSC) have been successfully synthesized with a one-pot synthesis technique in large scale. Of the ... -
Data related to architectural bone parameters and the relationship to Ti lattice design for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing
(Elsevier, 2021-12)The data included in this article provides additional supporting information on our publication (McGregor et al. [1]) on the review of the natural lattice architecture in human bone and its implication towards titanium ... -
Modelling Aerothermal Heating with Conjugate Heat Transfer
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-27)Supersonic and hypersonic vehicles experience flows under complex thermodynamic conditions due to the presence of shock waves and large thermophysical gradients. A large thermal load is imparted to the vehicle from the ... -
Additively manufactured metallic biomaterials
(Elsevier, 2021-12)Metal additive manufacturing (AM) has led to an evolution in the design and fabrication of hard tissue substitutes, enabling personalized implants to address each patient's specific needs. In addition, internal pore ... -
A Review of physics-based and data-driven models for real-time control of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells
(Elsevier, 2021-12)The real-time model-based control of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells requires a computationally efficient and sufficiently accurate model to predict the transient and long-term performance under various ... -
Micromechanical Modelling of Local Failure and Ply Crack Formation in Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Laminates
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-26)Establishing an understanding of the multiscale nature of progressive failure in laminated fiber-reinforced plastics is required to develop high fidelity failure prediction models for associated structures. In recent years, ... -
Design and Fabrication of a Magnetic Manipulator with Five Degrees of Freedom
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-25)Magnetic manipulation has the potential to recast the medical field both from an operational and drug delivery point of view as it can provide wireless controlled navigation over surgical devices and drug containers inside ... -
Economic, Environmental, and Health Impact Analysis of Developing Hydrogen Economy in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-21)The greatest challenge to the development of a cleaner energy system is economic issues. However, if the environmental and health externalities of the current energy system is considered, other energy alternatives become ... -
A Data-Driven Approach for Generating Vortex Shedding Regime Maps for an Oscillating Cylinder
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)Recent developments in wind energy extraction methods from vortex-induced vibration (VIV) have fueled the research into vortex shedding behaviour. The vortex shedding map is vital for the consistent use of normalized ... -
Vision-based Driver State Monitoring Using Deep Learning
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)Road accidents cause thousands of injuries and losses of lives every year, ranking among the top lifetime odds of death causes. More than 90% of the traffic accidents are caused by human errors [1], including sight ... -
An Intelligent Ambulatory Fall Risk Assessment Method Based on the Detection of Compensatory Balance Reactions and Environmental Factors
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-18)Falls in older adults are a critical public health problem worldwide and impact one in three older adults at least once each year. In addition to physical consequences (e.g., hip fracture) falls can lead to negative ... -
Vehicle Lateral and Longitudinal Velocity Estimation Using Machine Learning Algorithms
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-17)Prediction and estimation of states are of great importance for vehicle control and safety. The conventional observers are designed and used vastly in the automotive industry to fulfill this objective. However, the vehicle ... -
Development of robust Cu2O and ZnO coated polypropylene fabrics by AP-SALD for antimicrobial applications
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-04)Nowadays, the textile industry is revolutionizing by adding special functionalities and properties to textiles. Especially with the emergence of COVID-19, textile functionalization has attracted the focus of researchers ...