12th Cansmart Workshop, 2009
Table Of Contents
Keynote Presentation
Jack Smith
Federal S & T Initiatives, Defence R & D Canada
Abstract :Prospecting Security and Prosperity Implications of Convergent Technologies & Materials 2010-2025
Contributed Papers
Active Material Based Active Sealing Technology - Part 2: Dielectric Elastomer and SMA Approaches
10 pages
C. Henry1, W. Carter1, G. Herrera1G. McKnight1, A. Browne2, N. Johnson2, I. Bazzi2
1HRL Laboratories LLC, Sensors and Materials, Malibu, CA
2General Motors Company, Warren, MI
Adaptive Pendulum Mass Damper for the Control of Structural Vibrations
10 pages
R. Lourenco1, A. J. Roffel2, S. Narasimhan2
1Dept of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, ON
2Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
Design of Active Noise and Vibration Control for Car Oil Pans Using Numerical Simulations
10 pages
S. Ringwelski, T. Luft, U. Gabbert
Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany
Intelligent Controller for Smart Base Isolation of Masonry Structures
10 pages
S. Laflamme1, T.-Y. Yu2, J. J. Connor1
1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Achieving Consistent SMA Actuation Times under Varying Ambient Thermal Conditions
12 pages
H. Goi1, M. El Dib2, X. Gao3, A. Browne3, N. Johnson3, R. Gorbet2
1Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, ON
2Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, ON
3General Motors R&D, Vehicle Development Research Lab
A Feedback-Based Dynamic Instrument for Measuring Mechanical Properties of Soft Tissues for Minimally-Invasive Surgery
12 pages
M. Heydari Araghi, S. P. Salisbury
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Effect of Different Adhesives on Strength, Energy Absorption and Damping Properties of Bonded Aluminum Structures for the Transportation Industries
12 pages
M. Guillot, I. Bouchard
REGAL, Aluminum Research Center, Mechanical Eng Dept, Laval Univ, Quebec City, QC
Temperature Measurement of Shape Memory Alloy Wires with Spot Welded Thermocouples
10 pages
H.L. Ma1, X. Gao2, R. Culham1, R. Gorbet3
1Dept of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, ON
2General Motors R&D, Vehicle Development Research Lab
3Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, ON
Active Buckling Control of Beams Using Piezoelectric Actuators and Strain Gauge Sensors
10 pages
Q. S. Wang, S. C. Shrivastava
Dept of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, McGill University, Montreal, QC
Generation and Detection of Guided Acoustic Waves for NDT Using High Temperature Wedges
12 pages
K.-T. Wu1, C.-K. Jen2, R. Murayama2,3, J.E.B. Oliveira2,4
1Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC
2Industrial Materials Institute, National Research Council, Boucherville, QC
3Faculty of Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Japan
4CTA-ITA-IEEC, 12225 Sao Jose Dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
A Two-Step Identification Procedure for the Identification of Distributed Material Constitutive Parameters from Surface Displacement Measurements
10 pages
L. Li, F. Ghrib, W. Polies
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Windsor, ON
Guided Plate Acoustic Waves Transducers for Structural Health Monitoring
10 pages
W.-L. Liu1, K.-T. Wu1, M. Kobayashi2, C.-K. Jen2, N. Mrad3
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC
2Industrial Materials Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Boucherville, QC
3Dept of National Defence, Defence R&D Canada, Air Vehicles Research Section, Ottawa, ON
Strain-Based Energy Harvesting for Structural Health Monitoring
10 pages
S. Debeaux, P. Masson, L. Fréchette
Mechanical Engineering Department, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC
Energy Harvesting and Embedded RF Wireless Sensor Systems for Helicopter Blades
8 pages
A. Fang, M. Bryant, E. Garcia
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University
A Dynamical Sensing Model for Magnetostrictive Galfenol with Applications to Energy Harvesting
14 pages
P. Weetman, G. Akhras
Centre for Smart Materials and Structures, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON
Development of Energy Harvesting Modules Based on Piezoceramics
10 pages
V. Kulkarni1, D. Waechter3, R. Ben Mrad1, T. El-Diraby2, N. Somayajula3, S. Nemana3, E. Prasad3
1Dept of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, ON
2Dept of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, ON
3Sensor Technology Limited, Collingwood, ON
Power for Wireless Sensors
10 pages
N. Mrad1, M.A. Fabien2, F. Mabrouki2
1Defence R&D Canada, Department of National Defence, Ottawa, ON
2Institute for Aerospace Research, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON
Electromechanical Performances of Different Shapes of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters
10 pages
S. Paquin, Y. St-Amant
LSMI, Mechanical Engineering Department, Université Laval, Quebec City, QC
High Temperature Integrated Ultrasonic Transducers for Engine Condition Monitoring
10 pages
M. Kobayashi1, K.-T. Wu2, C.-K. Jen1, J. Bird3, B. Galeote3, N. Mrad4
1Industrial Materials Institute, National Research Council, Boucherville, QC
2Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC
3Institute for Aerospace Research, National Research Council, Ottawa, ON
4Dept of National Defence, Defence R&D Canada, Air Vehicles Research Section, Ottawa, ON
Identification of Stiffness Distribution and Damage in Euler-Bernoulli Beams
Using Static Response
10 pages
L. Li, F. Ghrib, W. Polies
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Windsor, ON
High Temperature Flexible Ultrasonic Transducers for Structural Health Monitoring and NDT
10 pages
J.-L. Shih1, M. Kobayashi2, C.-K. Jen2, J. Tatibouët2, N. Mrad3
1Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC
2Industrial Materials Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Boucherville, QC
3Dept of National Defence, Defence R&D Canada, Air Vehicles Research Section, Ottawa, ON
Structural Health Monitoring Using Vibration-Based Methods and Statistical Pattern Recognition Techniques
10 pages
A.S. Noman, F. Deeba, A. Bagchi
Dept of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Compact Piezoworm Actuator for MR-Guided Surgical Needle Procedures
10 pages
K. El Bannan, S. Salisbury
Dept of Mechanical and Material Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Mechanical Characterization of porous Membrane core morphologies for conductive polymer trilayer actuators
10 pages
A.D. Price, V.C. Kao, J.X. Zhang, H.E. Naguib
Smart and Adaptive Polymers Lab, Dept of Mechanical and Industrial Eng, University of Toronto
Development of a Smart Material Based Microvascular Clamp
6 pages
T. Rost, J.H. Koo, F. Khan
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Miami University
Polypyrrole Driven Catheter
10 pages
T. Shoa1, J.D.W. Madden1, N. Munce2, K. Lee3, V. Yang4
1Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Lab, Univ of British Columbia, BC
2Dept of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, ON
3Engineering Science Program, University of Toronto, ON
4Sunnybrook and Women's Health Sciences Ctr. Toronto, ON
The Influence of Reactive Sintering Process Parameters on the Martensite to Austenite Phase Transformation of NiTi
10 pages
D. Cluff1, S.F. Corbin1, R.B. Gorbet2
1Materials Engineering & Processing Group, Dept of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering
2Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, ON
Modelling of Piezoelectric Fiber Composite Material for Ultrasonic Wave Generation
10 pages
Y. Pasco, P. Masson
Mechanical Engineering Department, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC
Powder Metallurgy Fabrication of Hybrid Monolithic SMA Actuators
10 pages
D. Cluff1, S. Corbin1, R. Gorbet2
1Dept of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, ON
2Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, ON
Preliminary Assessment of Manufacturing Impacts on Dielectric Elastomer Actuators Reliability
10 pages
J. Lucking Bigué, P. Chouinard, S. Proulx, G. Miron, J. Plante
Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, QC
Stationary Hadamard Shutter Based on Semiconductor-To-Metallic Phase
Transition of Thermochromic W-Doped VO2
10 pages
M. Soltani1, M. Chaker1, E. Haddad2, R. V. Kruzelecky2, J. Margot3
1INRS-Énergy, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Varennes, QC
2MPB Communications Inc., Pointe Claire, QC
3Université de Montréal, Département de Physique, Montréal, QC