Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Multidisciplinary Design of Electric Vehicles Based on Hierarchical Multi-Objective Optimization
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)A method for the optimal design of complex systems is developed by effectively combining multi-objective optimization and analytical target cascading techniques. The complex systems with high dimensionality are partitioned ... -
Design and Optimization of Graded Cellular Structures With Triply Periodic Level Surface-Based Topological Shapes
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Periodic cellular structures with excellent mechanical properties widely exist in nature. A generative design and optimization method for triply periodic level surface (TPLS)-based functionally graded cellular structures ... -
Managing Sociotechnical Complexity in Engineering Design Projects
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Design project management is witnessing an increasing need for practitioners to rely on tools that reflect the integrated nature of the social and technical characteristics of design processes, as opposed to considering ... -
Maximum Entropy Method-Based Reliability Analysis With Correlated Input Variables via Hybrid Dimension-Reduction Method
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The estimation of the statistical moments is widely involved in the industrial application, whose accuracy affects the reliability analysis result considerably. In this study, a novel hybrid dimension-reduction method based ... -
Time-Dependent Concurrent Reliability-Based Design Optimization Integrating the Time-Variant B-Distance Index
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This paper presents a time-dependent concurrent reliability-based design optimization (TDC-RBDO) method integrating the time-variant B-distance index to improve the confidence level of design results with a small amount ... -
Augmented Single Loop Single Vector Algorithm Using Nonlinear Approximations of Constraints in Reliability-Based Design Optimization
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) aims at minimizing a function of probabilistic design variables, given a maximum allowed probability of failure. The most efficient methods available for solving moderately ... -
Design of Conformal Porous Structures for the Cooling System of an Injection Mold Fabricated by Additive Manufacturing Process
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The cooling system of plastic injection mold plays a critical role during the injection molding process. It not only affects part quality but also its cycle time. Traditionally, due to the limitations of conventional ... -
Data-Driven Design Space Exploration and Exploitation for Design for Additive Manufacturing
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Recently, design for additive manufacturing has been proposed to maximize product performance through the rational and integrated design of the product, its materials, and their manufacturing processes. Searching design ... -
Static and Dynamic Transmission Error Measurements of Helical Gear Pairs With Various Tooth Modifications
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This paper presents a set of motion transmission error data for a family of helical gears having different profile and lead modifications operated under both low-speed (quasi-static) and dynamic conditions. A power circulatory ... -
Design of a Passive Self-Regulating Gravity Compensator for Variable Payloads
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Most passive gravity balancing mechanisms (GBMs) require manual adjustment or actuators to alter its parameters for different payloads. The few balancers that passively self-regulate employ regulation at the end-effector, ... -
Kinematic Design of a Novel Two Degree-of-Freedom Parallel Mechanism for Minimally Invasive Surgery
(American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)A novel two degree-of-freedom (2-DOF) parallel mechanism with remote center-of-motion (RCM) is proposed for minimally invasive surgical applications in this paper. A surgical manipulator with expected three-rotation and ... -
Managing Sociotechnical Complexity in Engineering Design Projects
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Design project management is witnessing an increasing need for practitioners to rely on tools that reflect the integrated nature of the social and technical characteristics of design processes, as opposed to considering ... -
Topology Optimization of Periodic Structures With Substructuring
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Topology optimization of macroperiodic structures is traditionally realized by imposing periodic constraints on the global structure, which needs to solve a fully linear system. Therefore, it usually requires a huge ... -
Design and Optimization of Graded Cellular Structures With Triply Periodic Level Surface-Based Topological Shapes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Periodic cellular structures with excellent mechanical properties widely exist in nature. A generative design and optimization method for triply periodic level surface (TPLS)-based functionally graded cellular structures ... -
Experimental Investigation of the Implications of Model Granularity for Design Process Simulation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Determining a suitable level of description, or granularity, for a product or process model is not straightforward, especially since granularity can manifest in multiple ways, but it is important to capture important ... -
Free-Form Design of Electrical Machine Rotor Cores for Production Using Additive Manufacturing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This work presents a finite element analysis-based, topology optimization (TO) methodology for the combined magnetostatic and structural design of electrical machine cores. Our methodology uses the Bi-directional Evolutionary ... -
Combined Level-Set-XFEM-Density Topology Optimization of Four-Dimensional Printed Structures Undergoing Large Deformation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Advancement of additive manufacturing is driving a need for design tools that exploit the increasing fabrication freedom. Multimaterial, three-dimensional (3D) printing allows for the fabrication of components from multiple ... -
Discovering Sequenced Origami Folding Through Nonlinear Mechanics and Topology Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Origami folding provides a novel method to transform two-dimensional (2D) sheets into complex functional structures. However, the enormity of the foldable design space necessitates development of algorithms to efficiently ... -
Mechanics of Three-Dimensional Printed Lattices for Biomedical Devices
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Advances in three-dimensional (3D) printing are enabling the design and fabrication of tailored lattices with high mechanical efficiency. Here, we focus on conducting experiments to mechanically characterize lattice ... -
Design and Analysis of a Novel Power-Split Infinitely Variable Power Transmission System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)In the last few decades, power-split infinitely variable transmission (IVT) systems have attracted considerable attention as they ensure high driving comfort with high total efficiencies, especially in off-highway vehicles ...