Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering: Recent submissions

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    • Hyperbaric Chamber Lighting 

      J. M. Canty (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      Internal electrical systems have been the cause of some very serious accidents in hyperbaric chambers. This paper describes a new “light pipe” system which can be installed in a very small ...

    • A New Analytical Approach to Drill Pipe Breakage II 

      J. L. Bogdanoff; J. E. Goldberg (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1961)
      Drill pipe dynamics assuming torsional and longitudinal displacements are formulated assuming that the forces which act at the bit and the sides of the pipe are random in nature. It is shown ...

    • Optimum Torque for Drill Collar Makeup 

      P. D. Weiner; M. E. True (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      Drill collar connection failure frequency increases when wells are drilled deeper and when directional holes are drilled. These failures, which materially increase the cost of operations, prompted ...

    • On Predicting the Dynamic Effects of Clearances in Planar Mechanisms 

      S. Dubowsky (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      The presence of clearances in mechanisms can result in the degradation of the performance of these devices. This question is investigated analytically with particular attention paid to the ...

    • Automated Design of Aerospace Structures 

      R. E. Fulton; H. G. McComb (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      The current state-of-the-art in structural analysis of aerospace vehicles is characterized, automated design technology is discussed, and an indication is given of the future direction of research ...

    • Design of Multi-Recess Hydrostatic Journal Bearings for Minimum Total Power Loss 

      C. Cusano; T. F. Conry (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      The design problem is formulated for multi-recess hydrostatic journal bearings with a design criterion of minimum total power loss. The design is subject to the constraints of constant ratio ...

    • Guidelines for Textile Industry Noise Control 

      J. R. Bailey; C. M. Brown (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      A systems approach is developed for defining compliance with the noise criteria of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The result is a flow diagram which can be used as a “road ...

    • On the Cause of Regenerative Chatter Due to Workpiece Deflection 

      S. Kato; E. Marui (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      The cause and the mechanism of regenerative chatter vibrations due to the deflection of workpiece occurring in machining metals are investigated experimentally. The regenerative chatter vibration ...

    • Efficient Design of Axisymmetric Elastic Plates 

      B. Paul; B. Singh (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      Machine design is an iterative procedure which is greatly aided by the use of rapid and efficient computer programs for commonly occurring structural components. The method of load integrals ...

    • Use of Shock Compared With Harmonic Excitation in Machine Tool Structure Analysis 

      J. Tlusty; K. C. Lau; K. Parthiban (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      The paper recapitulates the method of analyzing stability against chatter of machine tools as it has been practised by one of the authors for many years. Several new features of the method ...

    • Mathematical Programming Procedures for Mixed Discrete-Continuous Design Problems 

      M. Pappas; A. Allentuch (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      Two mathematical programming procedures for treating nonlinear problems involving mixed variables are presented. One involves a relatively simple concept. First an optimum is located treating all ...

    • A Comparison of Numerical Optimization Methods for Engineering Design 

      E. D. Eason; R. G. Fenton (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      Seventeen numerical optimization methods are compared by plotting their convergence characteristics when applied to design problems and test functions. Several ranking schemes are used to determine ...

    • Discussion: “Shaft Whirling as Influenced by Stiffness Asymmetry” (Hull, E. H., 1961, ASME J. Eng. Ind., 83, pp. 219–226) 

      C. M. Lowell (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1961)

    • The Optimum Design of Mechanical Systems With Competing Design Objectives 

      D. L. Bartel; R. W. Marks (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      A general method is developed for analyzing optimum design problems with multiple, competing objective junctions. Methods are presented for generating trade-off curves for problems with competing ...

    • Discussion: “Optimum Design of Helical Compression Springs” (Erisman, R. J., 1961, ASME J. Eng. Ind., 83, pp. 227–232) 

      M. F. Spotts (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1961)

    • Noise and Vibration Analysis of an Impact Forming Machine 

      A. E. M. Osman; M. M. Sadek; W. A. Knight (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      The mechanism of noise and vibration generation in an impact forming machine is investigated using Fourier Transform methods. Noise, vibration, and load measurements have been correlated for a ...

    • Optimum Design of an Impact Absorber 

      K. A. Afimiwala; R. W. Mayne (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      A shock absorber with nth order stiffness and mth order damping is designed for optimum response to a step change in base velocity (an acceleration impulse). The objective of the design is ...

    • Minimum Error Synthesis of Multiloop Plane Mechanisms for Rigid Body Guidance 

      K. N. Prasad; C. Bagci (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      A variational method of synthesizing single-degree of freedom, single or multiloop plane mechanisms to guide rigid bodies through specified planar positions is presented. The optimum set of ...

    • The Modeling and Optimum Design of Real Spatial Frames Including the Evaluation of Competing Design Concepts 

      D. L. Bartel; D. C. Swann (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      Optimization methods are used to evaluate competing design concepts for real spatial frames. The modeling of spatial frames to obtain an accurate, inexpensive analysis capability is described in ...

    • A Class of Minimum Weight Shafts 

      C. J. Maday (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1974)
      Light weight shafts reduce bearing forces and allow the use of smaller bearings, seals, and supports. The Minimum Principle is used to set up the problem of determining the minimum weight ...