Browsing Theses by Subject "pendulum"

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Design, Construction and Testing of an Adaptive Pendulum Tuned Mass Damper

Lourenco, Richard (University of Waterloo, 2011-01-24)

The objective of this thesis is to describe the design, construction, implementation and performance of a prototype adaptive pendulum tuned mass damper (APTMD). Furthermore the thesis aims at demonstrating the performance ...
Interaction Forces in Coupled Magnetic Pendulums

Lahlou, Mariam (University of Waterloo, 2022-09-22)

In this research, we investigated the non-linear motion and magnetic forces in a chain of magnetic pendulums with cylindrical magnets to eventually better understand the be- haviour of Josephson junction-effect devices. ...
Remote vital signs monitoring using a mm-wave FMCW radar

Alizadeh, Mostafa (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)

A vision on the migration from contact standard health monitoring measurement devices to non-contact measurement technologies has gained a tremendous attention in literature and in industry. A promising method for realizing ...