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    • Efficient Contact Modeling in Nonrigid Variation Simulation 

      Lindau, Bjأ¶rn; Lorin, Samuel; Lindkvist, Lars; Sأ¶derberg, Rikard (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)
      Virtual tools and methods are becoming increasingly important in order to predict the geometric outcome in early phases of the product realization process. Method of influence coefficients (MIC) in combination with Monte ...
    • Information Models for Processing Product Lifecycle Functionalities and Interfaces for Sustainable Manufacturing 

      Roy, Utpal; Sarigecili, Mehmet I. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)
      There is a dire need for the development of an integrated information model for organizing and managing material and manufacturing related information, required for any product realization. In this paper, such an information ...
    • Controlling Geometrical Variation Caused by Assembly Fixtures 

      Wأ¤rmefjord, Kristina; Carlson, Johan S.; Sأ¶derberg, Rikard (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)
      In the auto body assembly process, fixtures position parts during assembly and inspection. Variation in the positioning process propagates to the final assembly. To control the assembly fixtures, repeatability studies are ...
    • An Ontology and Integration Framework for Smart Communities 

      Kinkar, Shishir; Hennessy, Mark; Ray, Steven (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)
      This paper describes our work concerning the definition of a neutral, abstract ontology, and framework that supports the vision and diverse contexts of a smart community. This framework is composed of a general, core ...
    • Object Tracking With a Range Camera for Augmented Reality Assembly Assistance 

      Radkowski, Rafael (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)
      This paper introduces a 3D object tracking method for an augmented reality (AR) assembly assistance application. The tracking method relies on point clouds; it uses 3D feature descriptors and point cloud matching with the ...
    • Dexterous Grasping Tasks Generated With an Add on End Effector of a Haptic Feedback System 

      Leon, Jean; Dupeux, Thomas; Chardonnet, Jean; Perret, Jأ©rأ´me (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)
      The simulation of grasping operations in virtual reality (VR) is required for many applications, especially in the domain of industrial product design, but it is very difficult to achieve without any haptic feedback. Force ...
    • Complete Sensitivity Analysis in a LiDAR Camera Calibration Model 

      Garcأ­a; Gonzأ،lez; Ramأ­rez; Hurtado; Ornelas (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)
      This paper presents a sensitivity analysis in the calibration of two sensors: a laser sensor Velodyne HDL64E and a panoramic camera Point Grey Ladybug2; both sensors are used for threedimensional urban reconstruction and ...
    • Understanding Communication and Collaboration in Social Product Development Through Social Network Analysis 

      Wu, Dazhong; Rosen, David W.; Panchal, Jitesh H.; Schaefer, Dirk (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)
      Social media have recently been introduced into the arena of collaborative design as a new means for seamlessly gathering, processing, and sharing product designrelated information. As engineering design processes are ...
    • An Ordinary Differential Equation Formulation for Multibody Dynamics: Holonomic Constraints 

      Haug, Edward J. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)
      A method is presented for formulating and numerically integrating ordinary differential equations (ODEs) of motion for holonomically constrained multibody systems. Tangent space coordinates are defined as independent ...
    • Blended Spaces for Integrated Creativity and Play in Design and Engineering Processes 

      Wendrich, Robert E. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2016)
      The umpire whispers: “Please Play.â€‌ We sort of play. But it is all hypothetical, somehow. Even the “weâ€‌ is theory: I never get quite to see the distant opponent, for all the apparatus of the game (Wallace, 2011, ...
    • Capturing Deviations From Design Intent in Building Simulation Models for Risk Assessment 

      Nikula, Heikki; Sierla, Seppo; O'Halloran, Bryan; Karhela, Tommi (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)
      Simulationbased methods are emerging to address the challenges of complex systems risk assessment, and this paper identifies two problems related to the use of such methods. First, the methods cannot identify new hazards ...
    • A Framework for Visualization Driven Eco Conscious Design Exploration 

      Ramanujan, Devarajan; Bernstein, William Z.; Benjamin, William; Ramani, Karthik; Elmqvist, Niklas; Kulkarni, Devadatta; Tew, Jeffrey (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)
      A large portion of design activity involves applying previous design knowledge in order to solve new problems. Therefore, facilitating ecoconscious exploration of archived designs is needed for advancing sustainable product ...
    • Peg in Hole Revisited: A Generic Force Model for Haptic Assembly 

      Behandish, Morad; Ilieں, Horea T. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)
      The development of a generic and effective force model for semiautomatic or manual virtual assembly with haptic support is not a trivial task, especially when the assembly constraints involve complex features of arbitrary ...
    • Datum Planes Based on a Constrained L1 Norm 

      Shakarji, Craig M.; Srinivasan, Vijay (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)
      This paper has two major goals. First, we present an algorithm for establishing planar datums suitable for a default in tolerancing standards. The algorithm is based on a constrained minimization search based on the L1 ...
    • A Finite Element Boundary Condition Setting Method for the Virtual Mounting of Compliant Components 

      Abenhaim, Gad N.; Desrochers, Alain; Tahan, Antoine S.; Bigeon, Jean (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)
      Using finiteelement analysis (FEA) to numerically mount compliant components onto their inspection fixture is an approach proposed by researchers in the field of computational metrology. To address the shortcomings of the ...
    • Comparative Study of Optimization Techniques in Sizing Mesostructures for Use in NonPneumatic Tires 

      Shankar, Prabhu; Fazelpour, Mohammad; Summers, Joshua D. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)
      This paper presents a comparative study on the size optimization of four mesostructures to meet the design requirements for a nonpneumatic tire's (NPT) shear beam with 10% shear flexure (SF) at 10 MPa effective shear ...
    • Interacting With Grasped Objects in Expanded Haptic Workspaces Using the Bubble Technique 

      Pavlik, Ryan A.; Vance, Judy M. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)
      Haptic forcefeedback can provide useful cues to users of virtual environments. Bodybased haptic devices are portable but the more commonly used groundbased devices have workspaces that are limited by their physical grounding ...
    • Realistic Geometry Based Feature Modeling of Complex Part and Its Application in Assembly Quality Analysis 

      Chan, Qiu; Zhenyu, Liu; Xiang, Peng; Guifang, Duan; Jianrong, Tan (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)
      The product assembly quality is influenced by the coupling effect of multiscale geometric errors. Acquiring the influence of dimension, tolerance and microtopography on part surface quality is the key factor of improving ...
    • A Framework to Normalize Ontology Representation for Stable Measurement 

      Ma, Yinglong; Wang, Chunlong; Jin, Beihong (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)
      Ontology measurement is an important challenge in the field of knowledge management in order to manage the development of ontology based systems and reduce the risk of project failure. Effective ontology measurement is the ...
    • A Design System for Six Bar Linkages Integrated With a Solid Modeler 

      Sonawale, Kaustubh H.; Michael McCarthy, J. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)
      This paper presents a design system for planar and spherical sixbar linkages, which is integrated with a solid modeler. The user specifies a backbone 3R chain in five task configurations in the sketch mode of the solid ...