A visco-plastic constitutive equation for thixoforming is proposed that takes into account the effect of the liquid fraction along with other factors i.e. strain rate and temperature. The incorporation of liquid fraction allows the model to be applied to any type of sem...

A 3D granular model has been developed to simulate solidification during fusion welding of Al alloys. The model simulates the gradual development of the weld mushy zone composed of both continuous liquid films and solidifying grains by coupling thermal fields based on t...

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An electric field (EF) generator device was fabricated and applied to the treatment of Chlorella vulgaris ISC33 at three distinct concentrations before cultivation. The EF of moderate intensity (2.7 kV cm−1) has a hormetic effect on algal growth. The highest growth stim...

The authors acknowledge financial support from an Ontario Research Fund—Research Excellent Grant (ORF-RE-05-072), an Ontario Graduate Scholarship, and an Ashabaugh Graduate Scholarship.

NSERC Discovery Grant, NSERC Collaborative Research & Development Grant, Imperial Oil University Research Awards

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Canadian Space Agency, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

NSERC Discovery Grant (RGPIN-2016-06310), NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s Program, and Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program are gratefully acknowledged.

This paper describes a method to characterize the structure of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) treated gas diffusion layers (GDLs) with and without microporous layers (MPLs) using 3D X-ray micro computed tomographic (μCT) microscopy. In this work, the structure of single...