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    • Prediction of Assembly Variation During Early Design 

      Zuozhi Zhao; Lowell Bauer; Mark Slagle; Michelle Bezdecny; Byungwoo Lee; Duke Coleman; John Barnes; Yanyan Wu; Dean Robinson; Steve Walls (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      This paper presents the methods to move assembly variation analysis into early stages of aircraft development where critical partitioning, sourcing, and production decisions are often made for ...
    • Algorithms for Extraction of Nanowire Lengths and Positions From Optical Section Microscopy Image Sequence 

      Tao Peng; Arvind Balijepalli; Satyandra K. Gupta; Thomas W. LeBrun (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      This paper presents algorithms for estimating length, location, and orientation of nanowires in a fluidic workspace using images obtained by optical section microscopy. Images containing multiple ...
    • Deformation of Multicomponent Models With Nonmatching Interfaces 

      Aifang Zhou; Kinchuen Hui (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      In this paper, a traction superimposition method for simulating the deformation of multicomponent elastic models with different interfacial mesh densities is introduced. By applying linear interpolation ...
    • Visual Steering Commands for Trade Space Exploration: User-Guided Sampling With Example 

      Gary Stump; Timothy W. Simpson; Joseph A. Donndelinger; Sara Lego; Mike Yukish (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      Recent advancements in computing power and speed provide opportunities to revolutionize trade space exploration, particularly for the design of complex systems such as automobiles, aircraft, and ...
    • Introducing New Associate Editors 

      Unknown author (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      Kazuhiro Saitou is an Associate Professor at Michigan with a Ph.D. from MIT. He has a long publication list in archival journals in areas of simulation and assembly modeling. He has served ...
    • Modeling of 2D and 3D Assemblies Taking Into Account Form Errors of Plane Surfaces 

      Serge Samper; Pierre-Antoine Adragna; Hugues Favreliere; Maurice Pillet (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      The tolerancing process links the virtual and the real worlds. From the former, tolerances define a variational geometrical language (geometric parameters). From the latter, there are values ...
    • Evaluating the Use of Digital Product Repositories to Enhance Product Dissection Activities in the Classroom 

      Matt Devendorf; Timothy W. Simpson; Robert B. Stone; William C. Regli; Kemper Lewis (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      Product dissection has been used successfully in a variety of ways to actively engage students in their learning; however, using product dissection in the classroom does have drawbacks: products, ...
    • Prognostics of Machine Condition Using Energy Based Monitoring Index and Computational Intelligence 

      B. Samanta; C. Nataraj (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      A study is presented on applications of computational intelligence (CI) techniques for monitoring and prognostics of machinery conditions. The machine condition is assessed through an energy-based ...
    • Efficient and Automated Analysis of Potentially Slender Structures 

      Kavous Jorabchi; Joshua Danczyk; Krishnan Suresh (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      Computer-based engineering analysis is now a routine process in virtual product design. However, when an object becomes slender, i.e., beam, plate, or shell like, 3D computational analysis is ...
    • Data-Driven Decision Tree Classification for Product Portfolio Design Optimization 

      Conrad S. Tucker; Harrison M. Kim (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      The formulation of a product portfolio requires extensive knowledge about the product market space and also the technical limitations of a company’s engineering design and manufacturing processes. ...
    • Large Nonlinear Responses of Spatially Nonhomogeneous Stochastic Shell Structures Under Nonstationary Random Excitations 

      C. W. S. To (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      A novel approach for determining large nonlinear responses of spatially homogeneous and nonhomogeneous stochastic shell structures under intensive transient excitations is presented. The intensive ...
    • Towards a Five-Axis Machining CAPP System: A Set-Up Planning Tool Solving Accessibility Constraints 

      V. Capponi; F. Villeneuve (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      The overall aim of the authors’ work is to create a computer aid to support the macroplanning of five-axis parts, and in this context this paper presents the methodology developed to enable ...
    • Ontology-Based Trajectory Simulation Framework 

      Umut Durak; Halit Oğuztüzün; S. Kemal İder (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)
      Trajectory simulations are tools to compute the flight path and flight parameters of munitions. We present an ontology-based object-oriented reuse infrastructure and discuss the underlying model ...
    • Developing Engineering Ontology for Information Retrieval 

      Zhanjun Li; Victor Raskin; Karthik Ramani (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)
      When engineering content is created and applied during the product life cycle, it is often stored and forgotten. Since search remains word based, engineers do not have the effective means to ...
    • Understanding the Knowledge Needs of Designers During Design Process in Industry 

      Gokula Vijaykumar; Amaresh Chakrabarti (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)
      Product success is substantially influenced by satisfaction of knowledge needs of designers, and many tools and methods have been proposed to support these needs. However, adoption of these ...
    • Engineering Complex, Information-Based, Networked Industrial Systems: A Research Roadmap 

      Albert Jones; Abhijit Deshmukh; Soundar Kumara; Man-Sze Li (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)
      The explosive pace of globalization and the rapid development of information and communications technologies continue to impact the evolution of industrial systems. They have become completely ...
    • On Architecting and Implementing a Product Information Sharing Service 

      Vijay Srinivasan; Lutz Lämmer; Steven Vettermann (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)
      Recent developments in information technology are influencing the field of engineering informatics in some profound ways. Nowhere is the influence more evident than in the use of Internet-based ...
    • Design Process Modeling in Chemical Engineering 

      Manfred Theißen; Ri Hai; Wolfgang Marquardt (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)
      In this contribution, a methodology for modeling, improving, and implementing design processes in chemical engineering is presented. The methodology comprises a semiformal modeling language for ...
    • CPM2: A Core Model for Product Data 

      Steven J. Fenves; Sebti Foufou; Conrad Bock; Ram D. Sriram (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)
      The initial core product model (CPM), developed at NIST for the support of in-house research projects, has been extended to create CPM2, intended to support a broad range of information relevant ...
    • A Matchmaking Methodology for Supply Chain Deployment in Distributed Manufacturing Environments 

      Farhad Ameri; Debasish Dutta (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)
      In modern manufacturing era, supply chains are increasingly becoming global and agile. To build agile global supply chains, companies first need to have access to a large supply base and ...