Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering: Recent submissions

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    • Precision Insertion Control Robot and Its Application 

      K. Takeyasu; T. Goto; T. Inoyama (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      A tactile-controlled robot that makes possible precision inserting operations with a clearance of only a few microns is described. The principal part of this robot is the insertion control unit, ...

    • Electromechanical Dynamics of a Four-Link Mechanism Operating in a Magnetic Field 

      W. D. Smith; W. S. Reed (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      The electromechanical dynamics of a four-link mechanism moving in a magnetic field perpendicular to the plane of motion is considered. As the linkage moves, a voltage is generated around the ...

    • Automatic Orientation Control Device for Underwater Divers 

      A. Baz; A. Seireg (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      This study deals with the development of an orientation device that enables the working diver to control and maintain automatically his spatial orientation underwater. The device can be useful ...

    • On the Criteria for the Rotatability of the Cranks of a Skew Four-Bar Linkage 

      F. Freudenstein; E. J. F. Primrose (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      Based on an extension of an earlier investigation [1], an algebraic treatment is given of the conditions governing the existence of crank-and-rocker type skew four-bar linkages.

    • Mechanical Joints With Clearance: A Three-Mode Model 

      B. Miedema; W. M. Mansour (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      A momentum exchange model is developed to describe the dynamic performance of mechanisms with clearance. A following mode is incorporated in the model to account for the case when contact is ...

    • Reduction of the Contact Stress in Internal Gear Pumps 

      J. R. Colbourne (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      A method is described for calculating the tooth contact stresses in internal gear pumps, and it is shown that a considerable reduction can be achieved in the maximum contact stress by altering ...

    • A Derivation of a Minimal Set of Multilinear Loop Equations for Spatial Mechanisms 

      P. D. Potts (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      The relationship between skew-symmetric and rotation matrices due to Cayley is associated with the quaternion representation of finite rotations. Novel rotation parameters yield three real (dual) ...

    • Mechanism Design Using Animation 

      H. E. Ladd (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      Modern mechanism synthesis techniques provide powerful tools for satisfying path constraints. However, for industrial applications there are often equally important constraints on space available ...

    • Heuristic Combinatorial Optimization in the Kinematic Design of Mechanisms—Part 1: Theory 

      T. W. Lee; F. Freudenstein (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      The heuristics developed by Dr. Shen Lin in the communications field have been extended and applied to the design of mechanism. The basic approach involves the use of an intelligent partial ...

    • An Experimental Investigation of the Dynamic Behavior of the Spatial RSSR Crank and Rocker Mechanism With an Asymmetrical Coupler 

      W. S. Begg; J. R. Ellis (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      An experimental RSSR crank and rocker mechanism has been devised and manufactured to facilitate the dynamic investigation of the input and output torques present, the force components acting in ...

    • The Application of the Double Ligament Tensile Test in Deformation Processing 

      R. G. Kumble; J. T. Berry (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      The foundation of the double ligament tensile test for determining mechanical properties of wrought as well as cast materials has been established. With the aid of the finite element stress ...

    • Hydrogen-Induced Cracking of Steels Under Wet Hydrogen Sulfide Environment 

      E. Miyoshi; T. Tanaka; F. Terasaki; A. Ikeda (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      The hydrogen induced cracking (HIC) of as-rolled steels has been investigated. The specimens were immersed into the synthetic sea water saturated with H2 S. Since the cracks initiated at the ...

    • Approximate Straight-Line Motion From Simple Spatial Mechanisms 

      M. W. Reid; K. H. Hunt; H. Nolle (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      A simple form of spin-surface is investigated and it is shown how, via this surface, spatial mechanisms may readily be synthesized to give twelve-point straight line motion or twelve-point ...

    • An Investigation of Computer Control of Machining Chatter 

      T. L. Subramanian; M. F. DeVries; S. M. Wu (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      Based on stochastic process modeling, a scheme has been developed for the detection and control of machining chatter. The range of the tool vibration signal is computed by a hybrid computer ...

    • The Role of Fracture Mechanics in Design Technology 

      G. C. Sih (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      Fracture mechanics has in recent years become an independent discipline that deals with determining the conditions under which machine or structural elements attain uncontrollable failure by crack ...

    • Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Elastic Slider-Crank Mechanisms 

      E. P. Golebiewski; J. P. Sadler (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      Analytical and experimental dynamic bending stresses are determined for a slider-crank mechanism with a rigid crank and an elastic connecting rod. The mathematical model is derived by way of ...

    • On Extreme Velocity Ratios in Spherical Four-Link Mechanisms 

      P. R. Pamidi (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      The conditions for the existence of extreme velocity ratios in spherical four-link mechanisms have been investigated by algebraic means. It is shown that, in the general case, all such extreme ...

    • Oily Bilge Water Treatment With a Tubular Ultrafiltration System 

      L. R. Harris; D. F. Jackson; P. Schatzberg (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      In its concern for maintaining and enhancing the environmental quality of water bodies, the Navy has been developing various oil pollution abatement systems. One potential process for the ...

    • Velocity Fluctuation in Four-Bar Linkages and Slider-Crank Mechanisms 

      F. Freudenstein; E. J. F. Primrose; S. Ray; B. Laks (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      Velocity fluctuations have been recognized as important in the dynamics and statics of mechanisms with time-varying angular velocities as long ago as the classical transmission-angle problem [1, ...

    • Design Analysis of a Snap-Action Mechanism 

      J. E. Motherway (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1976)
      A simple analytical approach is used to describe the nonlinear behavior of an initially curved, transversely loaded beam with fixed ends; the end supports are assumed to be rigid (constrained ...