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    • Mathematical Foundation for Modeling Conceptual Design Sketches1 

      Y. Zeng; A. Pardasani; D. Baulier; J. Dickinson; Z. Li; H. Antunes; V. Gupta (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      This paper aims to establish a mathematical foundation for modeling free-hand design sketches throughout the conceptual design process. Both experimental and theoretical approaches are used. In ...
    • Generalized Linear Product Homotopy Algorithms and the Computation of Reachable Surfaces 

      Hai-Jun Su; Layne T. Watson; J. Michael McCarthy (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      In this paper, we apply a homotopy algorithm to the problem of finding points in a moving body that lie on specific algebraic surfaces for a given set of spatial configurations of the body. ...
    • Immersive Virtual Reality In Cable and Pipe Routing: Design Metaphors and Cognitive Ergonomics 

      P. O’B Holt; J. M Ritchie; P. N. Day; J. E. L. Simmons; G. Robinson; G. T. Russell; F. M. Ng (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      In recent years there have been moves in industrial engineering towards greater automation through intelligent systems and this has resulted in replacing human expertise. In many cases the ...
    • A User Interface for Free-Form Shape Design at the Responsive Workbench 

      Gerold Wesche (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      This paper presents a virtual environment based user interface for the conceptual design of free form surface models from scratch. The user performs sketching and elaboration directly within a ...
    • A Port Ontology for Conceptual Design of Systems 

      Vei-Chung Liang; Christiaan J. J. Paredis (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      During conceptual design of systems, the emphasis is on generating the system architecture: the configuration of sub-systems and the interactions between them. Ports, as locations of intended ...
    • A Web-Based Knowledge Elicitation System (GISEL) for Planning and Assessing Group Screening Experiments for Product Development 

      David P. Dupplaw; David Brunson; Anna-Jane E. Vine; Colin P. Please; Susan M. Lewis; Angela M. Dean; Andy J. Keane; Marcus J. Tindall (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      When planning experiments to examine how product performance depends on the design, manufacture and environment of use, there are invariably too few resources to enable a complete investigation ...
    • Port-Compatibility and Connectability Based Assembly Design 

      Palwinder Singh; Bernhard Bettig; ASME member (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      In Computer-Aided Design, when creating the solid model of a part, the designer knows how the part will interface with other parts, however this information is not stored with the part model. ...
    • Development of XML Databinding Integration for Web-Enabled Aircraft Engine Simulation 

      Risheng Lin; Abdollah A. Afjeh (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      This paper discusses the detailed design and implementation of an XML databinding framework for Web-based aircraft engine simulation. The framework provides an interoperable, high-level object ...
    • Comparison of Non-Nominal Geometry Models Represented in Physical Versus Virtual Environments 

      Casper Wickman; Rikard Söderberg (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      By combining Computer Aided Tolerance (CAT) simulation tools with Virtual Reality (VR) tools, virtual environments for non-nominal geometry verification can be utilized. This paper presents the ...
    • AMPS-An Automated Modular Process Planning System 

      Kenneth Castelino; V. Sundararajan; Roshan D’Souza; Balaji Kannan; Paul. K. Wright; ASME member (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      AMPS is a fully automated process planning system for milling of 2.5D parts. It consists of different modules, each of which performs specific tasks like identification of removal volumes, setup ...
    • Recognition of Multi Axis Milling Features: Part I-Topological and Geometric Characteristics 

      Nandakumar Sridharan; Jami J. Shah; ASME Fellow (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      Most of the work in machining feature recognition has been limited to 2-1/2 and 3 axis milling features. The major impediment to recognition of complex features has been the difficulty in ...
    • Evaluation of Standard ERP Software Implementation Approaches in Terms of their Capability for Business Process Optimization 

      Heinz-D. Knoell; Lukas W. H. Kuehl; Rob Moreton; Roland W. A. Kuehl; Senior Consultants (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      In spite of the great variety of potential advantages, it is also necessary to illuminate the real effects of Standard ERP Software in practice. Recent studies have revealed that 81% of German ...
    • Information Integration Framework For Product Life-Cycle Management of Diverse Data 

      Huong Morris; Simon Lee; Eric Shan; Sai Zeng (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      Automobile, aerospace, and other industrial manufacturers have evolved over the years to use a multitude of computer-aided design (CAD) and product data management (PDM) systems and have long ...
    • An Intelligent Mediator-Based Framework for Enterprise Application Integration 

      Therani Madhusudan (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) is a major problem confronting manufacturing organizations that have deployed large-scale enterprise information systems and aim to coordinate inter- and ...
    • Product Lifecycle Management for Performance Support 

      Duc T. Pham; Stefan S. Dimov; Rossitza M. Setchi; Bernard Peat; Anthony J. Soroka; Emmanuel B. Brousseau; Ammar M. Huneiti; Nikolaos Lagos; Alexander E. Noyvirt; Charilaos Pasantonopoulos; Daniela K. Tsaneva; Qiao Tang (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      This paper shows how product lifecycle information can be utilized to assist people engaged in product lifecycle tasks, in particular those concerned with product support. A progression of product ...
    • Waypoint: An Integrated Search and Retrieval System for Engineering Documents 

      Mark Corderoy; Chris McMahon; Alistair Lowe; Rose Crossland; Tulan Shah; Steve Culley; Dave Stewart (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      This paper describes the architecture and technical capabilities of an integrated engineering information search and retrieval system. The system is designed with a flexible architecture that ...
    • Business-to-Business Virtual Collaboration of Aircraft Engine Combustor Design 

      Kevin J. Kao; Tony Rus; Mike Paradis; Charles E. Seeley; Su Yin; Raymond M. Kolonay (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      In today’s fast-changing economy, product designs are becoming increasingly complex while demands for faster design cycles never cease. Tighter collaboration among business partners and streamlined ...
    • Design and Implementation of a Distributed Information System for Collaborative Product Development 

      Teresa Wu; Jennifer Blackhurst; Nan Xie (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      Collaborative Product Development (CPD) is an engineering process that involves decision-making through iterative communication and coordination among product designers throughout the lifecycle of ...
    • The Management of Product Data in an Integrated Aircraft Analysis Environment 

      Helen Lockett; Peter Bartholomew; Julian Gallop (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      Today’s industry spends billions of dollars each year on generating engineering data as part of the product development process. This data is stored in the diverse proprietary formats of software ...
    • Managing Complex Vehicle System Simulation Models for Automotive System Development 

      Mark Jennings; ASME Mem.; Ravi Rangan; ASME Mem. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)
      A Model Management System (MMS) for vehicle dynamic system modeling is described, including lessons learned from a pilot implementation at Ford Motor Company. For complex vehicle systems, early ...