Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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A Knowledge Graph-Aided Concept–Knowledge Approach for Evolutionary Smart Product–Service System Development
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In order to meet user expectations and to optimize user experience with a higher degree of flexibility and sustainability, the Smart product–service system (Smart PSS), as a novel value proposition paradigm considering ... -
Design Fixation From Initial Examples: Provided Versus Self-Generated Ideas
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Jansson and Smith (1991, “Design Fixation,” Des. Stud., 12(1), pp. 3–11) demonstrated that design fixation occurs when an example solution is provided along with a design problem. After seeing an example concept—even with ... -
A Probabilistic Design Reuse Index for Engineering Designs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Many companies offer a range of related products that are constructed using similar components and processes. This enables them to meet customer expectations of product variety while minimizing the overheads (e.g., development ... -
On the Characteristic of a Small-Scale Isolation Mechanism With Three-Dimensional Quasi-Zero Stiffness
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)To provide an excellent operation environment for micro-precise instruments in a narrow space with strict restrictions on weight, this study proposes a small-scale vibration isolation system with six-dimensional quasi-zero ... -
Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of a Trochoid Cam Gear
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)A trochoid cam gear (TCG) is a kind of precise transmission device with high performance, such as non-backlash, high-precision, low noise, etc. However, the nonlinear dynamics has not been studied. In the present paper, ... -
Teaching Design Freedom: Understanding the Effects of Variations in Design for Additive Manufacturing Education on Students’ Creativity
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Additive manufacturing (AM) processes offer unique capabilities (i.e., opportunities) yet inherent limitations (i.e., restrictions) due to the layer-by-layer fabrication of parts. Despite the newfound design freedom and ... -
Conceptualizing Stable States in Origami-Based Devices Using an Energy Visualization Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)In many origami-based applications, a device needs to be maintained in one or more fold states. The origami stability integration method (OSIM) presented in this paper provides an approach for graphically combining various ... -
Load–Displacement Characterization in Three Degrees-of-Freedom for General Lamina Emergent Torsion Arrays
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Lamina emergent torsion (LET) joints for use in origami-based applications enables folding of panels. Placing LET joints in series and parallel (formulating LET arrays) opens the design space to provide for tunable stiffness ... -
But Will It Build? Assessing Student Engineering Designers’ Use of Design for Additive Manufacturing Considerations in Design Outcomes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Additive manufacturing (AM) enables engineers to improve the functionality and performance of their designs by adding complexity at little to no additional cost. However, AM processes also exhibit certain unique limitations, ... -
Rapid Modeling and Design Optimization of Multi-Topology Lattice Structure Based on Unit-Cell Library
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Lightweight lattice structure generation and topology optimization (TO) are common design methodologies. In order to further improve potential structural stiffness of lattice structures, a method combining the multi-topology ... -
Decentralized Multisubsystem Co-Design Optimization Using Direct Collocation and Decomposition-Based Methods
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Multisubsystem co-design refers to the simultaneous optimization of physical plant and controller of a system decomposed into multiple interconnected subsystems. In this paper, two decentralized (multilevel and bilevel) ... -
A New Multi-Objective Bayesian Optimization Formulation With the Acquisition Function for Convergence and Diversity
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Bayesian optimization is a metamodel-based global optimization approach that can balance between exploration and exploitation. It has been widely used to solve single-objective optimization problems. In engineering design, ... -
Stress-Constrained Design of Functionally Graded Lattice Structures With Spline-Based Dimensionality Reduction
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This paper presents a computationally tractable approach for designing lattice structures for stiffness and strength. Yielding in the mesostructure is determined by a worst-case stress analysis of the homogenization ... -
A Novel Framework for Simultaneous Topology and Sizing Optimization of Complex, Multi-Domain Systems-of-Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This article presents a novel design framework for topology and component sizing optimization of multi-domain dynamic systems described by conservation laws. Multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) is a powerful tool ... -
Design for Clean Technology Adoption: Integration of Usage Context, User Behavior, and Technology Performance in Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Clean technologies aim to address climatic, environmental, and health concerns associated with their conventional counterparts. However, such technologies achieve these goals only if they are adopted by users and effectively ... -
Adaptive Inspirational Design Stimuli: Using Design Output to Computationally Search for Stimuli That Impact Concept Generation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Design activity can be supported using inspirational stimuli (e.g., analogies, patents) by helping designers overcome impasses or in generating solutions with more positive characteristics during ideation. Design researchers ... -
Shared-Gaussian Process: Learning Interpretable Shared Hidden Structure Across Data Spaces for Design Space Analysis and Exploration
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)An industrial design process is often highly iterative. With unclear relationships between the quantity of interest (QoI) trade-offs and the design solution, the definition of the cost function usually undergoes several ... -
A Novel Approach to Kinematic Reliability Analysis for Planar Parallel Manipulators
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Kinematic reliability is an essential index that assesses the performance of the mechanism associating with uncertainties. This study proposes a novel approach to kinematic reliability analysis for planar parallel manipulators ... -
Topology Optimization of Rigid-Body Systems Considering Collision Avoidance
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Passive dynamic mechanisms can perform simple robotic tasks without requiring actuators and control. In previous research, a computational design method was introduced that integrates dynamic simulation to evaluate and ... -
Descriptive Models of Sequential Decisions in Engineering Design: An Experimental Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Engineering design involves information acquisition decisions such as selecting designs in the design space for testing, selecting information sources, and deciding when to stop design exploration. Existing literature has ...