Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Hybrid Compliant Mechanism Design Using a Mixed Mesh of Flexure Hinge Elements and Beam Elements Through Topology Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This paper proposes a topology optimization framework to design compliant mechanisms with a mixed mesh of both beams and flexure hinges for the design domain. Further, a new type of finite element, i.e., super flexure hinge ... -
Regular Folding Pattern for Deployable Nonaxisymmetric Tubes1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This paper presents two techniques for modeling the folding patterns of deployable nonaxisymmetric tubes using regular arrangement of the fold lines and three different fundamental folding designs, namely, Miura folding, ... -
Design of an Actuation Device With the Capability of Automatically Distributing External Load Based on Stability Theorems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Actuation redundancy is widely used to enhance loadcarrying capability of robot manipulators; however, it also causes the problems of uneven load distribution and internal forces. This paper presents a redundant actuation ... -
Design Method for Screw Forming Cutter Based on Tooth Profile Composed of Discrete Points
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The forming method has been widely used for manufacturing screw rotors with helical profile. This paper takes the manufacturing of screws for screw pumps as an example and uses the cubic spline interpolation method to ... -
Design and Modeling of a Large Amplitude Compliant Revolute Joint: The Helical Shape Compliant Joint
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)In this paper, the design and modeling of a large amplitude compliant revolute joint are introduced. Based on the implementation of multimaterial additive manufacturing (MMAM), the joint is of interest for robotic contexts ... -
Toward a Methodology for Systematically Generating Energy and Materials Efficient Concepts Using Biological Analogies
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Energyand materialsefficient designs are highly valued in the context of sustainable product design, but realizing products with significant changes in efficiency is a difficult task. One means to address this challenge ... -
Origami Actuator Design and Networking Through Crease Topology Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Origami structures morph between 2D and 3D conformations along predetermined fold lines that efficiently program the form of the structure and show potential for many engineering applications. However, the enormity of the ... -
A Study on Outcome Framing and Risk Attitude in Engineering Decisions Under Uncertainty
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Decision making is a central activity in the design of an engineered system and has a significant impact on project outcomes. Although much research exists on engineering decision making, relatively little addresses ... -
A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Design Approaches for Human Friendly Robots
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)In this paper, different measures for reducing the maximum contact force during blunt collisions between a robot and a human are evaluated using simulations. An existing collision model is adapted to include a nonlinear ... -
Dimensional Synthesis of Open Path Generator of Four Bar Mechanisms Using the Haar Wavelet
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This paper presents a synthesis method for the open path generation of a fourbar mechanism using the Haar wavelet. The synthesis method utilizes the wavelet transform and normalization to extract the wavelet output feature ... -
Unified Kinematics Analysis and Low Velocity Driving Optimization for Parallel Hip Joint Manipulator
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Unified modeling for the kinematics analysis of a parallel hip joint manipulator (PHJM) is proposed, and structural parameters of the PHJM are optimized based on the unified model for obtaining lowvelocity driving performance. ... -
Influence of Installation Tension on Transmission Error Due to Resonance in a Synchronous Belt
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)In synchronous belt drives, a transmission error is generated due to resonance of the belt spanning the driving and driven pulleys when the transverse natural frequency of the belt approaches the meshing frequency of the ... -
Topology Optimization of Fixed Geometry Fluid Diodes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)This paper proposes using topology optimization to design fixedgeometry fluid diodes that allow easy passage of fluid flowing in one direction while inhibiting flow in the reverse direction. Fixedgeometry diodes do not use ... -
Usefulness Simulation of Design Concepts
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Usefulness, from the utilitarianism perspective, is the ability of a product or service to improve the wellbeing of humans and to minimize their suffering in different situations. In the case of the widespread issue of ... -
A Systematic Method for Design Prototyping
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Scientific evaluation of prototyping practices is an emerging field in design research. Prototyping is critical to the success of product development efforts, and yet its implementation in practice is often guided by ad ... -
Comparing Functional Analysis Methods for Product Dissection Tasks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)The purpose of this study is to begin to explore which function identification methods work best for specific tasks. We use a threelevel withinsubject study (n = 78) to compare three strategies for identifying functions: ... -
Deciphering the Influence of Product Shape on Consumer Judgments Through Geometric Abstraction
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Understanding and tailoring the visual elements of a developing product to evoke desired perceived qualities and a positive response from the consumer is a key challenge in industrial design. To date, computational approaches ... -
The Impact of Sustainability on Consumer Preference Judgments of Product Attributes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Despite significant interest from consumers, sustainable products often struggle to find success in the marketplace. This failure is frequently attributed to the perception that consumers remain unwilling to sacrifice ... -
A Protocol to Address User Behavior in the Eco Design of Consumer Products
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Today, it is difficult to integrate the use phase optimization of consumer products into ecodesign methodologies. Current ecodesign approaches are in fact mainly focused on improving the technological performance of products ... -
An Occupant Based Energy Consumption Model for User Focused Design of Residential Buildings
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)Occupants' behavior exerts a significant influence on the energy performance of residential buildings. Industrial energy simulation tools often account for occupants' as monolithic elements with standard averaged energy ...