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Warm Forming Behaviour of ZEK100 and AZ31B Magnesium Alloy Sheet
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-21)The current research addresses the formability of two magnesium sheet alloys, a conventional AZ31B and a rare earth alloyed ZEK100. Both alloys had a nominal thickness of 1.6 mm. Both Limiting Dome Height (LDH) and Cylindrical ... -
Warm Forming of Aluminum Brazing Sheet. Experiments and Numerical Simulations
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-25)Warm forming of aluminum alloys of has shown promising results for increasing the formability of aluminum alloy sheet. Warm forming is a term that is generally used to describe a sheet metal forming process, where part or ... -
Waste to Energy (WTE): Conventional and Plasma-assisted Gasification - Experimental and Modeling Studies
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-26)Ever-increasing amounts of industrial and residential wastes and their environmental footprint dictates the need for effective Waste Management practices. Thermal waste processing technologies play an important role in ... -
WatkeRR - Robotic Research Platform and Machine Vision System: Design, Development and Construction
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-25)Rollators/wheeled walkers are a commonly used mobility aid that is utilized by people with a wide array of mobility challenges such as Alzheimer ’s disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and general loss of stability and ... -
Wear and Boundary Lubrication in Modular Total Knee Replacements
(University of Waterloo, 2009-02-17)Wear of the polyethylene (PE) bearing surface and wear particle-induced osteolysis (bone resorption) can lead to failure of modular total knee replacements and make expensive revision surgery necessary. Gamma-in-air ... -
Wear of PEEK All-Polymer Articulations for Cervical Spinal Disc Arthroplasty
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-23)The conventional treatment for degenerative disc disease (DDD) and disc herniation is spinal fusion, a process consisting of fusing two segments of the spine together. Arthroplasty treatments that preserve the natural ... -
Wearable Tactile Pressure Sensing for Compression Garments and Control of Active Compression Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-22)Compression garments on the lower limbs have been used for the treatment of venous deficiencies for centuries. More recently, healthy athletes have used similar garments for an edge in performance and improved recovery ... -
Web Based Automatic Tool Path Planning Strategy for Complex Sculptured Surfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2010-06-16)Over the past few years, manufacturing companies have had to deal with an increasing demand for feature-rich products at low costs. The pressures exerted on their existing manufacturing processes have lead manufacturers ... -
Weldability of a Dual-Phase Sheet Steel by the Gas Metal Arc Welding Process
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-18)Dual-phase (DP) sheet steels have recently been used for automotive manufacturing to reduce vehicle weight and improve fuel economy. Dual-phase steels offer higher strength without reduced formability when compared to ... -
Weldability of AZ31B Magnesium Sheet by Laser Welding Processes
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-30)Due to finite fossil fuel resources and the impact on our environment of burning fossil fuels, the automotive industry has been investigating ways to reduce the overall weight of automotive vehicles. This has led to ... -
A wet process for oxidation-absorption of nitric oxide by persulfate/calcium peroxide
(Elsevier, 2018-10-15)This study develops and evaluates a novel wet method for NO removal using a Na2S2O8/CaO2 solution. The effects of these two components both and alone in solution, Na2S2O8 concentration, CaO2 concentration, initial pH, ... -
Wetting & Capillarity: From Thin Film Mediated Processes to Droplet-Surface Interactions
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-27)Wetting and capillarity remain ubiquitous in both daily lives and industrial applications. The present thesis explores several fundamentally interesting problems of practical relevance in wetting and capillarity. Two primary ... -
Wetting of underliquid systems
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-18)Wetting studies can be tracked back over the last few decades due to its applications in the development of water repellent (superhydrophobic), oil repellent (superoleophobic) surfaces. Despite the fact that these surfaces ... -
Wetting, adhesion and droplet impact on face masks
(ACS, 2021-02-12)In the present pandemic time, face masks are found to be the most effective strategy against the spread of the virus within the community. As aerosol-based spreading of the virus is considered as the primary mode of ... -
Wire bonding on glass substrates via vapour deposition of Ag-Ti film
(Elsevier, 2019-08)Circuits on glass technology have recently developed in applications such as interposers, fibre optics, and displays. We report an automatable method towards interconnecting to glass circuits via wire bonding with maintained ... -
μ-PIV Study of the Effect of Surfactant Concentration On the Internal Flow Fields Inside a Moving Droplet
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-25)Droplet microfluidics has enormous potential in scientific research as well as in industrial and medical applications. Droplet microfluidics enables the generation of segments in the form of discrete fluid packets. These ...