Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering: Recent submissions

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    • The Structure of an Extensible Java Applet for Spatial Linkage Synthesis 

      C. L. Collins; J. M. McCarthy; A. Perez; H. Su (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      This paper describes a new approach to computer-aided spatial linkage design which uses the dynamic binding feature of Java to provide a extensible software system. The spatial linkages that ...

    • Feature Based Macroplanning Including Fixturing 

      V. Sundararajan; Paul K. Wright (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      Macroplanning is concerned with deciding on setups and sequences of operations by taking into account interactions between features and issues of fixturing. The algorithms presented in this paper ...

    • Producing Follower Motions Through Their Digitized Cam Contours 

      Der-Min Tsay; Meng-Hung Huang; Hui-Chun Ho (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      A computing procedure that can be used to generate follower motions with a higher degree of accuracy by using their digitized 2-D cam surfaces is presented. Based on the geometric relationships ...

    • A Collaborative Feature Modeling System 

      Rafael Bidarra; Eelco van den Berg; Willem F. Bronsvoort (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      Collaborative systems are distributed multiple-user systems that are both concurrent and synchronized. An interesting research challenge is to develop a collaborative modeling system that offers ...

    • Modeling Information Needs in Engineering Databases Using Tacit Knowledge 

      Shuang Song; Andy Dong; Alice Agogino (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      Online resources of engineering design information are a critical resource for practicing engineers. These online resources often contain references and content associated with technical memos, ...

    • TeleDM: An Internet Web E-service Testbed for Fast Product Design Supported by Prototype Manufacturing 

      Pingyu Jiang; Shuichi Fukuda; Stephen A. Raper (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      This paper discusses developing an e-service testbed in order to verify an Internet web product design developed with the aid of a prototype manufacturing environment. A Java-enabled solution, ...

    • The STEP Modular Architecture 

      Allison Barnard Feeney (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      The first Technical Note in this series [1] introduced the international standard ISO 10303, informally known as STEP (STandard for the Exchange of Product model data). Subsequent Technical Notes ...

    • Surface Feature Parametrization Analogous to Conductive Heat Flow 

      Anne L. Marsan; Assoc. Mem.; Yifan Chen; Paul J. Stewart (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      Direct Surface Manipulation (DSM) allows a designer to add a raised or indented feature to an existing surface. The user bounds the feature with a closed curve, and defines an influence center ...

    • A Region Based Method to Automated Design of Multi-Piece Molds with Application to Rapid Tooling 

      Yong Chen; David W. Rosen (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      Particularly for rapid tooling applications, delivering prototype parts with turn-around times of less than two weeks requires fast, proven mold design methods. We present a region-based approach ...

    • Characterizing Slop in Mechanical Assemblies Via Differential Geometry 

      Michael P. Hennessey; Chehrzad Shakiban; Mikhail M. Shvartsman (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      Slop (or backlash) in mechanical assemblies is often present and is usually undesirable from both craftsmanship and performance points of view. It is our belief that this phenomenon is not ...

    • Handling Tool Holder Collision in Optimal Tool Sequence Selection for 2.5-D Pocket Machining 

      Roshan M. D’Souza; Carlo Séquin; Paul K. Wright (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      Significant cycle time saving can be achieved in 2.5-D milling by intelligently selecting tool sequences. The problem of finding the optimal tool sequence was formulated as finding the shortest ...

    • An Evolutionary Modeling Approach for Automotive Bumper System Design and Analysis 

      Ping (Christine) Ge; Nancy Wang; Stephen C-Y. Lu (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      Surrogate models play an important role in improving design productivity and discovering knowledge at early design stage. In this paper, a preliminary version of an E_volutionary M_odeling A_pproach ...

    • Automatic CAD Model Reconstruction from Multiple Point Clouds for Reverse Engineering 

      Jianbing Huang; Member ASME; Chia-Hsiang Menq; Fellow; ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      In this paper, a systematic scheme is proposed and novel technologies are developed to automatically reconstruct a CAD model from a set of point clouds scanned from the boundary surface of ...

    • Rapid Embedded Programming in the Mathworks Environment 

      Daniel Burns; Thomas G. Sugar (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      New, commercially available, automatic, code-generation tools are used in teaching and lab exercises to progress from controller design, to simulation, and finally to implementation on mechanical ...

    • Interactive Visualization of Line Congruences for Spatial Mechanism Design 

      Pierre M. Larochelle; Judy M. Vance; John N. Kihonge (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      This paper presents a framework for generating, representing, and interacting with the line congruences associated with four general finite poses. These line congruences are the solution space ...

    • A Quantitative Analysis on Virtual Reality-Based Computer Aided Design System Interfaces 

      Chi-Cheng Chu; Jianzhong Mo; Rajit Gadh (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      In this paper, a series of interface tests on interaction approach for the generation of geometric shape designs via multi-sensory user interface of a Virtual Reality (VR) based System is ...

    • Using Response Surface Approximations to Cover Holes in the Design Space: Conceptual Design of a Missile 

      M. Alexandra Schönning; P. Richard Zarda; Jamal F. Nayfeh (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      The objective of this paper is to demonstrate an innovative and practical technique in which multidisciplinary optimization can be carried out while there exist points in the design space for ...

    • Nesting Arbitrary Shapes Using Geometric Mating 

      Chan Yu; Souran Manoochehri (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      A genetic algorithm-based optimization method is proposed for solving the problem of nesting arbitrary shapes. Depending on the number of objects and the size of the search space, realizing an ...

    • Definition and Review of Virtual Prototyping 

      G. Gary Wang (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      Virtual Prototyping (VP) technique has been interpreted in many different ways, which causes confusion and misunderstanding among researchers and practitioners. Based on a review of the current ...

    • Application of Haptic Navigation to Modify Free-Form Surfaces Through Specified Points and Curves 

      Masatake Higashi; Nobuaki Aoki; Takanobu Kaneko (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      In this paper, we propose a method which modifies free-form surfaces to pass through not only specified points, but also specified curves with the assistance of haptic navigation. Using the ...