Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "finite element"
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Development and Assessment of a Soda Lime Glass Model for Ballistic Impact
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-20)Transparent armour (more commonly known as bullet-resistant glass) is used in armoured land vehicles to provide increased visibility while maintaining adequate levels of protection for the occupants. Soda-lime glass is ... -
Effect of Pre-Bending and Hydroforming Parameters on the Formability of Advanced High Strength Steel Tube
(University of Waterloo, 2006)With increasing fuel costs and the current drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption, a need to reduce vehicle weight is apparent. Weight reduction can be achieved by replacing conventionally stamped ... -
Effects of Ultrasound in Microelectronic Ultrasonic Wire Bonding
(University of Waterloo, 2007-12-12)Ultrasonic wire bonding is the most utilized technique in forming electrical interconnections in microelectronics. However, there is a lacking in the fundamental understanding of the process. In order for there to be ... -
Fabrication and Design of Hybrid Monolithic Shape Memory Alloy Actuators
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-21)Shape memory alloys (SMA) offer several advantages over traditional electro-mechanical devices, including: smooth, silent, clean operation; linear actuation; high power/weight ratio; scalability; and reduced part counts. ... -
Field-Orientation Coupling Effects in Nematic Liquid Crystal Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-23)Using the continuum Landau-de Gennes model for the nematic liquid crystal (NLC) phase, we study the equilibrium behaviour of nematic cells, accounting for the coupling between external fields and nematic order. This is ... -
An In-Vitro and Finite Element Investigation on the Efficacy of Unloader Knee Braces on Meniscus Strain and Tibiofemoral Pressure
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-26)The medial and lateral menisci, situated in the knee joint, are most injured soft tissues in the human body. Meniscus injuries can be isolated or occur concurrently with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury. Certain ... -
The Mimetic Approach to Incompressible Surface Tension Flows
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-27)Water has many aesthetic properties that can have a strong impact on our perceptions. For instance, coffee can bring a feeling of liveliness, rain drops on a window may spark nostalgia, morning dew on a leaf can suggest ... -
Modeling the Residual Stress Distribution and Experimental Characterization of Shot Peening on AZ31B Rolled Sheet
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-17)The drive to reduce fossil fuel consumption due to its environmental impacts has generated renewed interest in employing magnesium (Mg), the lightest industrial metal, and its alloys in vehicle manufacturing. One of the ... -
Modular Road Plate System
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-10)Concrete and asphalt are the most common materials used in permanent roadway pavements. Roadways are also constructed for temporary use in the resource industry, for remote site construction, and for disaster relief. ... -
Multiphysics Modelling of Liquid Crystal Based Adaptive Lenses
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-30)Conventional lenses are limited by their fixed shaped and optical properties. Liquid crystal adaptive lenses (LCLAs) are a promising candidate to move beyond these limitations thanks their tuneable optical properties. A ... -
Numerical Modelling of the Human Cervical Spine in Frontal Impact
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Motor vehicle accidents continue to be a leading cause of cervical spine injury despite a conscientious effort to improve occupant safety. Accurately predicting occupant head and neck response in numerical crash simulations ... -
Predictive model of impact-induced bonding in cold spray using the Material Point Method
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-27)Cold spray technology has emerged in recent years as a promising method of powder deposition that is inherently different from other processes. Without melting of the particles prior to deposition, powders of a wide range ... -
Prolonged sitting, standing, and the sit-stand paradigm for office workers: An investigation into lumbar spine intervertebral joint load distribution
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-27)Over the past 20 years, sit-stand workstations have become more and more prevalent in the office work environment. A sit-stand workstation is any workstation that allows the user to perform their office work in either a ... -
Simulation of multiple hydraulically driven fractures
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-22)Hydraulic fracturing is a process that is used to release and extract natural gas from the pores of shale rocks. The process involves drilling vertical and horizontal wells through shale formation beds. After which, a ... -
A Strain Energy Function for Large Deformations of Curved Beams
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-05)This thesis develops strain and kinetic energy functions and a finite beam element useful for analyzing curved beams which go through large deflections, such as a hockey stick being swung and bent substantially as it hits ... -
Superconvergence, Superaccuracy, and Stability of the Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-08)This thesis is concerned with the investigation of the superconvergence, superaccuracy, and stability properties of the discontinuous Galerkin (DG) finite element method in one and two dimensions. We propose a novel method ...