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Experimental Investigation of the Power Amplifiers’ Nonlinearity using a 3.5 GHz 2×2 RF Front-end Prototype
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-16)Next generation communication systems will demand extremely high system capacity. Ap-proaches such as complex digital modulation schemes, widening of the instantaneous band-width and massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) ... -
Experimental Investigation of the Shear Behaviour of Slender Concrete Beams Reinforced with GFRP
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-19)Glass fibre-reinforced polymers (GFRP) are being used as longitudinal and shear reinforcement in specialized concrete applications. GFRP products are designed as direct replacements for conventional steel reinforcement and ... -
An experimental investigation of the spin dynamics of dipolar spin ice
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-27)The low temperature spin dynamics of the canonical dipolar spin ice materials is examined. The ac susceptibility of dipolar spin ice materials Ho2Ti2O7 and Dy2Ti2O7 is measured to lower temperatures and frequencies than ... -
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 investigations in improving the VAPEX performance for recovery of heavy oil and bitumen
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-30)The process of vapor extraction (VAPEX) is a recovery process which targets the heavy oil and bitumen resources. Owing to high viscosity values for these unconventional types of oil, the recovery processes in such reserves ... -
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 and Mathematical Models to Examine Durability of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Catalysts
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-19)Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) are attractive energy sources for power trains in vehicles because of their low operating temperature that enables fast start-up and high power densities. Cost reduction and ... -
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 Performance Evaluation of Bit-Rate Selection Algorithms in Multi-Vehicular Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-24)IEEE 802.11 PHY supports multiple transmission rates according to multiple different modulations and coding schemes. Each WiFi station selects its own transmission rate according to its own algorithm; in particular, the ... -
Experimental prospects for detecting the quantum nature of spacetime
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-21)This thesis is concerned with advancing the confrontation between relativistic quantum information (RQI) and experiment. We investigate the lessons that some present-day experiments can teach us about the relationship ... -
Experimental quantum communication in demanding regimes
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-02)Quantum communication promises to outperform its classical counterparts and enable protocols previously impossible. Specifically, quantum key distribution (QKD) allows a cryptographic key to be shared between distant parties ... -
Experimental Quantum Information Processing with Photons
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)This thesis describes experimental generation, manipulation and measurement of quantum information using photon pairs emitted in bulk crystals. Multi-photon sources engineered during the course of this thesis have proven ... -
Experimental Studies Focused on the Pore-Scale Aspects of Heavy Oil and Bitumen Recovery Using the Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage (SAGD) and Solvent-Aided SAGD (SA-SAGD) Recovery Processes
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-20)Increasing energy consumption and continuous depletion of hydrocarbon reservoirs will result in a conventional oil production peak in the near future. Thus, the gap between the global conventional oil supplies and the ... -
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 studies on the erodibility and transport behaviour of dreissenid mussel deposits in an annular flume
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)Dreissenid mussels alter particle transport dynamics in the near shore environment of the Great Lakes by intercepting, retaining and recycling suspended solids that might otherwise be exported to the offshore environment ... -
An Experimental Study of Selected Methods towards Achieving 100% Recall of Synonyms in Software Requirements Documents
(University of Waterloo, 2015)Software requirements documents written in natural language need to avoid the use of synonyms to reduce unnecessary confusion and ambiguity. In practice, synonyms are still common and are widely used in requirements ... -
An experimental study of single hole spin qubit coherence in a GaAs/AlGaAs double quantum dot device
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-15)This thesis discusses a series of experiments performed on a p-type laterally-gated GaAs/AlGaAs double quantum dot device. The main purpose of these experiments was to explore the potential of a theoretically-predicted ...