Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering: Recent submissions
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Exploiting Self-Similarity in Geometry for Voxel Based Solid Modeling
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Voxel-based modeling techniques are known for their robustness and flexibility. However, they have three major shortcomings: (1) Memory intensive, since a large number of voxels are needed to ... -
Equivalence Classes for Shape Synthesis of Moving Mechanical Parts
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Moving parts in contact have been traditionally synthesized through specialized techniques that focus on completely specified nominal shapes. Given that the functionality does not completely constrain ... -
A Computer-Aided Design Tool in Java for Planar Gripper Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)We describe an Internet-based CAD tool that automatically designs gripper jaws that will rotate a given rigid convex polygonal part from a selected stable resting orientation to a desired final ... -
2nd-CAD: A Tool for Conceptual Systems Design in Electromechanical Domain
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)This paper presents a framework and information model for the development of SECOND-CAD (Systems Engineering CONceptual Design-CAD), or 2nd-CAD, a Computer Aided Conceptual Design (CACD) tool for ... -
Wise-ShopFloor: A Web-Based and Sensor-Driven e-Shop Floor*
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Targeting the remote monitoring and control of shop floors, this paper proposes a new framework called Wise-ShopFloor (Webbasedintegratedsensor-drivene-ShopFloor) that can be applied to distributed ... -
Combinatorial Laws for Physically Meaningful Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)A typical computer representation of a design includes geometric and physical information organized in a suitable combinatorial data structure. Queries and transformations of these design representations ... -
Guest Editorial
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Conceptual design is recognized as the most critical stage in design. Yet few CAD tools exist to aid designers in conceptual design tasks, such as clarifying the design requirements and defining ... -
Investigation of Hand Motion Language in Shape Conceptualization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)This paper summarizes the results of an empirical study concerning the use of hand motions as one of the input mechanisms of a multi-modal interface of computer aided conceptual design systems ... -
A New Approach to Structure Sharing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Structure sharing means fulfilment of several functions or functional properties by the same physical structure, and is an important concept in product design. However, few guidelines and methods ... -
Simulation-based Virtual Prototyping of Customized Catheterization Devices
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Human vascular systems have considerable anatomic variations. In diseased situation, significant pathological changes will be developed with the systems. However, vascular catheterization devices ... -
Value-Addition of Haptics in Operator Training for Complex Machining Tasks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)This paper presents a haptic simulator based on a force model that renders precise and crisp force feed back for a range of applications such as grinding, polishing and deburring of metals ... -
Collision Detection and Part Interaction Modeling to Facilitate Immersive Virtual Assembly Methods
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Realistic part interaction is an important component of an effective virtual assembly application. Both collision detection and part interaction modeling are needed to simulate part-to-part and ... -
Special Issue on Virtual Reality Application in Product Development
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Approximate Geometric Methods in Application to the Modeling of Fiber Placed Composite Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Fiber placement is a modern method of constructing composite structures with complex curved surfaces. Modeling individual tows in a fiber placed part constitutes the challenge addressed by methods ... -
Steady State Hydraulic Valve Fluid Field Estimator Based on Non-Dimensional Artificial Neural Network (NDANN)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)An automatic transmission (AT) hydraulic control system includes many spool-type valves that have highly asymmetric flow geometry. A simplified flow field model based on a lumped geometry is ... -
Flexible Beam Part Manipulation for Assembly Operation Simulation in a Virtual Reality Environment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)The aspects of fast and realistic simulation of flexible parts during the Assembly/Disassembly (A/D) process are discussed in this paper. The proposed approach, adapted to current Virtual Reality ... -
Reorganizing CAD Assembly Models (as-Designed) for Manufacturing Simulations and Planning (as-Built)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)A CAD assembly model is a collection of components, comprised recursively of various levels of individual parts and sub-assembly models. Although the overall geometry in the CAD assembly model ... -
Predictive Value of Assessing Vehicle Interior Design Ergonomics in a Virtual Environment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)The predictive value and the reliability of evaluations made in immersive projection environments are limited when compared to the real world. As in other applications of numerical simulations, ... -
Immersive Visual Interfaces–Assessing Usability by the Effects of Learning/Results from an Empirical Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Different immersive visual interfaces’ ability to support engineering designers in product design is assessed in an experimental study. A focus was put on learning as an important factor to ... -
Computational Issues of a VDIM Based Multipurpose Modeling in Conceptual Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)To be able to model industrial products in conceptual design, aspects such as function, structure, shape, behavior, sustainability and service are typically considered. Tools developed until now ...