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Interaction Between Forming and the Crash Response of Aluminium Alloy S-Rails
(University of Waterloo, 2007-07-04)One of the principal energy absorbing structural components that influences the crashworthiness of a vehicle is the side-rail, which is also commonly referred to as an s-rail due to its shape that is reminiscent of an “s”. ... -
Interaction of water droplets residing on a solid surface with wall-bounded shear flows
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-22)Droplet depinning under wind-forcing arises in a wide range of engineering scenarios. Better understanding of this phenomenon not only can optimize the design of relevant engineering systems, but also can help preventing ... -
An Interaction-Aware Approach for Online Cut-in Behavior Prediction and Risk Assessment for Autonomous Driving
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-14)The development of autonomous driving has become one of the biggest trends of the 21st century's technology. However, the promotion and the mass production of autonomous vehicles are still at the beginning stage. The ... -
Interconnected Air Suspensions with Independent Height and Stiffness Tuning
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-02)Suspensions play a crucial role in vehicle comfort and stability. Different types of suspensions have been proposed to fulfill the essential characteristics of vehicle suspensions. A semi-active suspension with adjustable ... -
Interfacial bonding mechanism in Al/coated steel dissimilar refill friction stir spot welds
(Elsevier, 2019-06-01)Defect-free dissimilar Al/zinc coated steel and Al/AlSi coated steel welds were successfully fabricated by refill friction stir spot welding. However, Al alloy and uncoated steel could not be welded under the same weldin ... -
Interfacial bonding mechanisms between aluminum and titanium during cold gas spraying followed by friction-stir modification
(Elsevier, 2018-12-31)This paper closely evaluates the interfacial bonding mechanism between titanium particles deposited on an aluminum alloy substrate by cold gas spraying followed by friction-stir processing (FSP). After cold spraying and ... -
Inverse Analysis of Light Scattered by Soot Aggregates
(University of Waterloo, 2010-12-16)The impact of soot on human health and the environment is a function of its size and morphology. Thus, it is important to have a method to quickly and accurately determine the aggregate size distribution of soot. Elastic ... -
An Inverse Correlation between Corn Temperature and Nitrogen Stress: A Field Case Study
(2019-10-10)Nitrogen is one of the most important yield-limiting nutrients for corn (Zea mays). The ability of thermal remote sensing to detect nitrogen deficiency in corn may enable precision agriculture to modify nitrogen rates ... -
Investigating laser-nanoparticle interactions using time-resolved laser-induced incandescence
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-13)Nanotechnology is extending the frontiers of science and technology, mainly through the applications of engineered nanomaterials. For instance, metal nanoparticles have seen wide-spread applications in the fields of ... -
Investigating Mechanical Interactions of Cells with Their Environment
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-20)Recent studies have shown that cells not only respond to chemical signals such as growth factors or chemoattractants, but they are also capable of detecting mechanical stimuli and responding to them. The process during ... -
Investigating Synergy Between Vertical Axis Wind Turbines Using the Actuator Line Model
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-22)In the past decade, numerous studies have confirmed the presence of beneficial, power-enhancing effects in the interactions of multiple vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs). This effect is especially important for the ... -
Investigating the Effects of Controllable Parameters on Cold-wire Gas Tungsten Arc Weld Bead Geometry
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-27)Multi-layer Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW) is widely used for refurbishing plastic injection molds. This welding process can provide the high quality weld that is required for molds that will be subject to high temperatures ... -
Investigating the evolution of the aluminum-silicon coating on 22MnB5 steel during heating
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-07)To combat greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel economy, automotive manufacturers have searched for methods to reduce vehicle weight. As such, hot stamping has become an increasingly popular sheet metal forming technique, ... -
Investigating The Exergy Destruction Principle Applied to Precision Agriculture Using Thermal Remote Sensing
(University of Waterloo, 2020-07-24)Nitrogen is one of the most important yield-limiting nutrients for corn (Zea mays). In this research the exergy destruction principle (EDP) is applied as a theory to explain the expected inverse relationship between ... -
Investigating the heat-treatment process for 316L alloy powders with the application in binder jetting metal additive manufacturing
(University of Waterloo, 2020-07-23)Metal binder jetting (BJ) is a manufacturing process which involves the deposition of metal powder and an adhesive liquid binder layer-by-layer to fabricate metal parts. BJ as-printed parts are in essence loose particles ... -
Investigating the Impact of External Passive Compression on Central and Peripheral Hemodynamics
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-22)The use of passive compression has been extended from a clinical treatment to an elective tool used by healthy individuals in an attempt to improve exercise performance. The rationale being that graduated compression socks ... -
An Investigation into Radiative Property Variations across Pre-Annealed Advanced High Strength Steel Coils
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-29)In recent years, increasingly stringent crashworthiness and emissions regulations have driven automakers to consider novel materials for automotive lightweighting. Advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) used in automotive ... -
Investigation into the Effect of Thermal Management on the Capacity Fade of Lithium-ion Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-03)The popularity of electric (and hybrid) vehicles has raised the importance of effective thermal management for lithium-ion batteries, both to prevent thermal runaway leading to a fire hazard, and to minimize capacity fade ... -
Investigation of a Jacobian-free Newton-Krylov solution to multiphase flows
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-22)The current study is focused on investigating a Jacobian-Free Newton-Krylov (JFNK) method to obtain a fully-implicit solution for two phase flows. In the JFNK formulation, the Jacobian matrix is not directly determined ... -
Investigation of an Inhomogeneous Mixing Model for Conditional Moment Closure Applied to Autoignition
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-28)Autoignition of high pressure methane jets at engine relveant conditions within a shock tube is investigated using Conditional Moment Closure (CMC). The impact of two commonly used approximations applied in previous work ...