Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering: Recent submissions
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Tool Orientation Optimization Considering Second Order Kinematical Performance of the Multi-Axis Machine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper presents a new tool orientation optimization approach for multi-axis machining considering up to second order kinematical performance of the multi-axis machine. Different from the ... -
Effect of Microstructural Parameters on the Machinability of Aligned Carbon Nanotube Composites
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The objective of this paper is to understand through parametric studies the effect of microstructural parameters, viz., the carbon nanotube (CNT) orientation with respect to the cutting direction, ... -
Laser Shock Peening of Nanoparticles Integrated Alloys: Numerical Simulation and Experiments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Nanocomposite and multiphase structures have become more important nowadays to enhance the mechanical properties of materials. Laser shock peening (LSP) is one of the most efficient ways to ... -
Dielectric Coating of Cathodes for Microfabrication Using Electrochemical Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Pulse microelectrochemical machining (ECM) by bipolar current is a method allowing the manufacturing of microholes and micropatterns. In many cases, microholes with parallel walls and accurate ... -
A Morphological Approach to the Design of Complex Objects
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The surface-trajectory model gives a solution to some of the problems presented by the general geometric models where the design of an object is separated from its manufacture. In fact, in ... -
Modeling of the Plane Needle Cutting Edge Rake and Inclination Angles for Biopsy
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Hollow needles are one of the most common medical devices, yet little study has focused on the needle tip cutting geometry for biopsy, which is a tissue cutting process. This research develops ... -
Annealing Effect on the Shape Memory Properties of Amorphous NiTi Thin Films
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Thin film shape memory alloys have recently become a promising material for the actuation of devices on the microscale such as micropumps and microvalves. Their utilization, however, has been ... -
In-Situ Shrinkage Sensor for Injection Molding
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Dimensional consistency is a critical attribute for injection molded part quality and is highly dependent on the polymer morphology, the thermal expansion, and various processing parameters. The ... -
Parametric Study of Acoustic Excitation-Based Glycerol-Water Microsphere Fabrication in Single Nozzle Jetting
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Microspheres or droplets are increasingly finding various biomedical applications as drug microspheres and multicellular spheroids. Single nozzle-based continuous jetting with the help of acoustic ... -
Improving Chucking Accuracy and Repeatability by Reducing Kinematic Redundancy
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this paper, the effect of kinematic redundancy on chucking, especially, on the positioning accuracy of a cylindrical workpiece was investigated. No previous research on the effect of kinematic ... -
Direct Three-Dimensional Layer Metal Deposition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Multi-axis slicing for solid freeform fabrication manufacturing processes can yield nonuniform thickness layers or three-dimensional (3D) layers. The traditional parallel layer construction approach ... -
Laser Transmission Welding of Nylon Tubes and Plates
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this study, nylon tubes were welded to nylon plaques using laser transmission welding. A conical mirror inserted inside the tube was used to guide the laser beam along the weld path around ... -
Adaptive Extrusion Force Control of Freeze-Form Extrusion Fabrication Processes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Freeze-form extrusion fabrication is an additive manufacturing process that extrudes high solids loading aqueous ceramic pastes in a layer-by-layer fashion below the paste freezing temperature for ... -
Parametric Study on Single Shot and Overlapping Laser Shock Peening on Various Metals via Modeling and Experiments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Laser shock peening (LSP) under water confinement regime involves several complicated physical phenomena. Among these phenomena, the interaction between laser and coating material during LSP is ... -
Ultrafast Laser Induced Structural Modification of Fused Silica—Part I: Feature Formation Mechanisms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Nonlinear absorption of femtosecond-laser pulses enables the induction of structural changes in the interior of bulk transparent materials without affecting their surface. This property can be ... -
Enhancement of Adaptability of Parallel Kinematic Machines With an Adjustable Platform
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The design of an industrial robot involves a number of conflicting objectives in general. A parallel kinematic machine (PKM) is known to achieve high precision and heavy load capacity but with ... -
Designing a Modular Rapid Manufacturing Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Freeform fabrication and additive fabrication technologies have been combined with subtractive processes to achieve a variety of fully integrated rapid manufacturing systems. The combination of ... -
Effective Determination of Feed Direction and Tool Orientation in Five-Axis Flat-End Milling
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper addresses the challenging problem of determining feed direction and tool orientation at a given cutter contact (CC) point in five-axis free-form surface machining with flat-end mills. ... -
A Multifeature Approach to Tool Wear Estimation Using 3D Workpiece Surface Texture Parameters
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This work presents a new way to determine the condition of a cutting tool based on 3D texture parameters of workpiece surface. Recently, a laser holographic interferometer has been developed ... -
Effects of Temperature on Laser Shock Induced Plastic Deformation: The Case of Copper
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Laser shock induced plastic deformation has been used widely, such as laser shock peening (LSP), laser dynamic forming (LDF), and laser peen forming. These processes have been extensively studied ...