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Hot Stamping of a Boron Steel Side Impact Beam with Tailored Flange Properties - Experiments and Numerical Simulations
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-01)
The effect of tailoring of hot stamped components is investigated, specifically the introduction of a tailored (locally softened) flange within an otherwise martensitic hot formed side impact beam. The effect of tailoring ...
Design and Evaluation of Hybrid Energy Storage Systems for Electric Powertrains
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-30)
At the time of this writing, increasing pressure for fuel efficient passenger vehicles has prompted automotive manufactures to invest in the research and development of electrically propelled vehicles. This includes vehicles ...
Hot Forming of Boron Steels with Tailored Mechanical Properties: Experiments and Numerical Simulations
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-13)
Hot forming of boron steels is becoming increasingly popular in the automotive industry due to the demands for weight reduction and increased safety requirements for new vehicles. Hot formed components offer a significant ...
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 ...
Determining Off-Normal Solar Optical Properties of Insect Screens
(American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, 2009)
Shading attachments may have a strong influence on solar gain. The determination of off-normal solar optical properties of individual layers of glazing/shading systems is required in order to estimate this solar gain, which ...
Computer Simulation of Window Condensation Potential
(American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, 1998-12)
Condensation on windows creates obscured view, can cause building damage, and may lead to mold growth and poor indoor air quality. The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) has developed new procedures to evaluate window ...
Heat Transfer Analysis Of Windows With Venetian Blinds: A Comparative Study
(2007-06)
The potential to reduce building load and annual energy consumption is widely recognized in the use of shading devices to control solar gain. Consequently, the ability to include and model shading layers in complex glazing ...
A Detailed Model to Determine the Effective Solar Optical Properties of Draperies
(American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, 2009)
Drapes have the potential to reduce peak cooling load and annual energy consumption because they can be used to control solar gain. Thus, the need to model a drapes in a glazing system analysis is important. A detailed ...
Heat Transfer Analysis of a Between-Panes Venetian Blind Using Effective Longwave Radiative Properties
(American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, 2004)
Center-glass thermal analysis programs based on one-dimensional models have proved to be exceptionally useful. Recently efforts have been made to extend the analysis to include venetian blinds. It is convenient to model ...
Overview of a Project to Determine the Surface Temperatures of Insulated Glazing Units: Thermographic Measurement and Two-Dimensional Simulation
(American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, 1996)
A collaborative research project was undertaken to generate surface temperature profiles for the indoor side of seven different double and triple-glazed insulated glazing units exposed to the ASHRAE winter design condition. ...