Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Efficacy Investigation of Virtual Reality Teaching Module in Manufacturing System Design Course
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Manufacturing system design is a complex engineering field that requires cooperated and aggregated multiple-disciplinary theoretical and practical support. Thereby, the concepts and topics in manufacturing system design ... -
Theoretical Analysis and Design of a Variable Delivery External Gear Pump for Low and Medium Pressure Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This paper describes a unique design concept that is capable of electronically controlling the flow delivered by an external gear pump (EGP). The principle used for varying the flow relies on the variable timing concept ... -
Computational Synthesis of Large Deformation Compliant Mechanisms Undergoing Self and Mutual Contact
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Topologies of large deformation contact-aided compliant mechanisms (CCMs), with self and mutual contact, exemplified via path generation applications, are designed using the continuum synthesis approach. Design domain is ... -
Design of Large Single-Mobility Surface-Deployable Mechanism Using Irregularly Shaped Triangular Prismoid Modules
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This paper presents the design methodology for a single-mobility, large surface-deployable mechanism using irregularly shaped triangular prismoid units. First, we demonstrate that the spherical shell, as the deployed profile ... -
Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers as Simple Heuristic for Topology Optimization of a Truss With Uniformed Member Cross Sections
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This paper presents a simple and effective heuristic for topology optimization of a truss under the constraint that all the members of the truss have the common cross-sectional area. The proposed method consists of multiple ... -
Nested and Simultaneous Solution Strategies for General Combined Plant and Control Design Problems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)In this paper, general combined plant and control design or co-design problems are examined. The previous work in co-design theory imposed restrictions on the type of problems that could be posed. This paper lifts many of ... -
A New Type of Planar Two Degree-of-Freedom Remote Center-of-Motion Mechanism Inspired by the Peaucellier–Lipkin Straight-Line Linkage
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Benefiting from small incisions, reduced risk of infection, less pain, and fast recovery, minimally invasive surgery has shown tremendous advantages for patients. In these kinds of procedures, remote center-of-motion (RCM) ... -
Synthesizing Constant Torque Compliant Mechanisms Using Precompressed Beams
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)A constant torque compliant mechanism (CM) generates an output torque that keeps invariant in a large range of input rotation. Because of the constant torque feature and the merits of CMs, they are used in automobile, ... -
Are Creativity and Self-Efficacy at Odds? An Exploration in Variations of Product Dissection in Engineering Education
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The purpose of product dissection is to teach students how a product works and provide them with inspiration for new ideas. However, little is known about how variations in dissection activities impact creative outcomes ... -
Model Discrepancy Quantification in Simulation-Based Design of Dynamical Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Discrete-time state-space models have been extensively used in simulation-based design of dynamical systems. These prediction models may not accurately represent the true physics of a dynamical system due to potentially ... -
Implementation of Design Rules for Perception Into a Tool for Three-Dimensional Shape Generation Using a Shape Grammar and a Parametric Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The user experience of a product is recognized as having an increasing importance in particular in consumer products. Current approaches to designing user experiences are not easily translated to languages that a computer ... -
An Engineering Review of the Farm Tractor's Evolution to a Dominant Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)This paper explains the origin and merits of the dominant farm tractor design, which has endured since the 1940s. Understanding the origins and rationale for this dominant design enables engineers to appreciate its merits, ... -
A New Stance Control Knee Orthosis Using a Self-Locking Mechanism Based on a Planetary Gear Train
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The objective of this work was to design and build a fully mechanical knee orthosis. A knee orthosis should both allow control of the angle of flexion of the knee during the stance phase of the gait cycle and leave the ... -
Visual Similarity to Aid Alternative-Use Concept Generation for Retired Wind-Turbine Blades
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The challenge of finding alternative uses for retired wind-turbine blades, which have limited disposal options, motivates this work. Two reuse concept-generation activities (CGAs) conducted in German universities revealed ... -
Topology Optimization of Planar Gear-Linkage Mechanisms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Topology optimization for mechanism synthesis has been developed for the simultaneous determination of the number and dimension of mechanisms. However, these methods can be used to synthesize linkage mechanisms that consist ... -
Announcing the Journal of Mechanical Design 2018 Reviewer Awards
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Consideration-Constrained Engineering Design for Strategic Insights
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)Consumer behavior can be modeled using a decision-making process termed “consideration” in which consumers form requirements, “consideration rules,” in order to narrow their options for further evaluation. One type of ... -
Overall Image of the Tooth Surface Properties of Skew Gears
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The geometrical tooth surface properties of skew gears have a significant influence on gear performance. We consider the contact line angle, slip rate, and relative curvature as tooth surface properties. An overall image ... -
Form Defects Consideration in Polytope-Based Tolerance Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2019)The polytope-based tolerance analysis in design process uses a finite set of constraints to represent specifications and propagates these constraints to any objective point in the Euclidean space. The operations of Minkowski ...