Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Investigation on the Backlash of Roller Enveloping Hourglass Worm Gear: Theoretical Analysis and Experiment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This paper proposes a single-roller enveloping hourglass worm gear design and verifies its advantages compared to the existing double-roller worm gear system and the conventional worm gear set. Our hypothesis is that the ... -
A Gear Load Distribution Model for a Planetary Gear Set With a Flexible Ring Gear Having External Splines
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)In order to accurately predict ring gear deformations and to investigate the effects of ring gear flexibility on quasi-static behaviors of planetary gear sets, a complete load distribution model of planetary gear sets ... -
Exploration of Translational Joint Design Using Corrugated Flexure Units With Bézier Curve Segments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)In order to satisfy particular design specifications, shape variation for limited geometric envelopes is often employed to alter the elastic properties of flexure joints. This paper introduces an analytical stiffness matrix ... -
Model-Based Reliability Analysis With Both Model Uncertainty and Parameter Uncertainty
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Model-based reliability analysis may not be practically useful if reliability estimation contains uncontrollable errors. This paper addresses potential reliability estimation errors from model bias together with model ... -
Active Resource Allocation for Reliability Analysis With Model Bias Correction
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)To account for the model bias in reliability analysis, various methods have been developed to validate simulation models using precise experimental data. However, it still lacks a strategy to actively seek critical information ... -
High-Dimensional Reliability-Based Design Optimization Involving Highly Nonlinear Constraints and Computationally Expensive Simulations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) aims at optimizing the design of an engineered system to minimize the design cost while satisfying reliability requirements. However, it is challenging to perform RBDO under ... -
Generating Constructal Networks for Area-to-Point Conduction Problems Via Moving Morphable Components Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)In this article, we focus on a generative design algorithm for area-to-point (AP) conduction problems in a Lagrangian framework. A physically meaningful continuous area to point path solution is generated through an adaptive ... -
A Review of High-Speed Electro-Hydrostatic Actuator Pumps in Aerospace Applications: Challenges and Solutions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The continued development of electro-hydrostatic actuators (EHAs) in aerospace applications has put forward an increasing demand upon EHA pumps for their high power density. Besides raising the delivery pressure, increasing ... -
A Design Method to Improve End-of-Use Product Value Recovery for Circular Economy
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Circular economy (CE) is being increasingly accepted as a promising sustainable business model, supporting waste minimization through product life cycles. The product end-of-use (EOU) stage is the key to circulate materials ... -
Simultaneous Discrete Topology Optimization of Ply Orientation and Thickness for Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic-Laminated Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This study developed a discrete topology optimization procedure for the simultaneous design of ply orientation and thickness for carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP)-laminated structures. A gradient-based discrete material ... -
The Complete Set of One-Degree-of-Freedom Planetary Gear Trains With Up to Nine Links
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The structural synthesis of planetary gear trains (PGTs) is helpful for innovating transmission systems in machinery. A great deal of research has been devoted to the synthesis of one-degree-of-freedom (1-DOF) PGTs over ... -
Dynamic Analysis of Planar Mechanisms With Fuzzy Joint Clearance and Random Geometry
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The dynamic characteristics of planar mechanisms with fuzzy joint clearance and random geometry are studied in this paper. The dynamics model for the mechanism is constructed by utilizing Baumgarte approach in which the ... -
The Prototype for X Framework: Assessing Impact on Self-Reported Prototyping Behavior of Student Designers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)A significant gap exists between engineering students' perceptions of prototypes and prototyping abilities and professionals' perceptions and abilities. Structured prototyping frameworks have recently been developed and ... -
Examining the Influence of Solar Panel Installers on Design Innovation and Market Penetration
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This work uses an agent-based model to examine how installers of photovoltaic (PV) panels influence panel design and the success of residential solar energy. It provides a novel approach to modeling intermediary stakeholder ... -
A Novel Region-Division-Based Tolerance Design Method for a Large Number of Discrete Elements Distributed on a Large Surface
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The array structure is widely used in precise electronic products such as large phased array antennas and large optical telescopes, the main components of which are a large surface base and a large number of high-precision ... -
System Reliability-Based Design Optimization Under Tradeoff Between Reduction of Sampling Uncertainty and Design Shift
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This paper presents a tradeoff between shifting design and controlling sampling uncertainty in system reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) using the Bayesian network. The sampling uncertainty is caused by a finite ... -
Employing Knowledge on Causal Relationship to Assist Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)With the increasing design dimensionality, it is more difficult to solve multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) problems. Many MDO decomposition strategies have been developed to reduce the dimensionality. Those ... -
Design Heuristics for Additive Manufacturing Validated Through a User Study1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Additive manufacturing (AM) has unique capabilities when compared to traditional manufacturing, such as shape, hierarchical, functional, and material complexity, a fact that has fascinated those in research, industry, and ... -
When Are Designers Willing to Take Risks? How Concept Creativity and Prototype Fidelity Influence Perceived Risk
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Building prototypes is an important part of the concept selection phase of the design process, where fuzzy ideas get represented to support communication and decision making. However, the previous studies have shown that ... -
Managing Conflicting Water Resource Goals and Uncertainties in a Dam Network by Exploring the Solution Space
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)In a multireservoir system, ensuring adequate water availability while managing conflicting goals is critical to making the social–ecological system sustainable in the presence of considerable uncertainty. The priorities ...