Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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P3GA: An Algorithm for Technology Characterization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2015)It is important for engineers to understand the capabilities and limitations of the technologies they consider for use in their systems. However, communicating this information can be a challenge. Mathematical characterizations ... -
Modeling Aggregate Choice for Form and Function Through Metaconjoint Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)In the previous work, metaattributes have been used to model the relationship between two groups of disparate product attributes. There, preference for form, function, and the relationship between the two were modeled for ... -
Link Based Performance Optimization of Spatial Mechanisms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)In the design of spatial linkages, the finiteposition kinematics is fully specified by the position of the joint axes, i.e., a set of lines in space. However, most of the tasks have additional requirements regarding motion ... -
Linear Variable Stiffness Mechanisms Based on Preloaded Curved Beams
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)A machine with an internal variablestiffness mechanism can adapt its output force to the working environment. In the literature, linear variablestiffness mechanisms (LVSMs) are rarer than those producing rotary motion. ... -
In Plane Compliances of Planar Flexure Hinges With Serially Connected Straight and Circular Axis Segments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The paper introduces a new category of planar flexure hinges that are formed by serially connecting variable crosssectional segments of straight longitudinal axes with segments of circular longitudinal axes. The smalldisplacement ... -
Design of a Dielectric Elastomer Cylindrical Actuator With Quasi Constant Available Thrust: Modeling Procedure and Experimental Validation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)A novel design for a dielectric elastomer (DE) actuator is presented. The actuator is obtained by coupling a cylindrical DE film with a series of slender beams axially loaded beyond their buckling limit. Similar to previous ... -
Sensitivity of Vehicle Market Share Predictions to Discrete Choice Model Specification
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)When design decisions are informed by consumer choice models, uncertainty in choice model predictions creates uncertainty for the designer. We investigate the variation and accuracy of market share predictions by characterizing ... -
A Shape Parameterization Method Using Principal Component Analysis in Applications to Parametric Shape Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)This paper proposes a shape parameterization method using a principal component analysis (PCA) for shape optimization. The proposed method is used as a preprocessing tool of parametric optimization algorithms, such as ... -
Identifying Critical Functions for Use Across Engineering Design Domains
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)This research defines the basis for a new quantitative approach for retrieving useful analogies for innovation based on the relevant performance characteristics of functions. The concept of critical functionality is the ... -
Miura Base Rigid Origami: Parametrizations of Curved Crease Geometries
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Curvedcrease (CC) origami differs from prismatic, or straightcrease origami, in that the folded surface of the pattern is bent during the folding process. Limited studies on the mechanical performance of such geometries ... -
Automatic Reasoning for Defining Lathe Operations for Mill Turn Parts: A Tolerance Based Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)With the increase in computercontrolled hybrid machining (e.g., millturn machining), one needs to discern what features of a part are created during turning (i.e., with a lathe cutter) versus those created by milling. Given ... -
AmBot: A Bio Inspired Amphibious Robot for Monitoring the Swan Canning Estuary System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)This paper describes the AmBot, a centipedeinspired amphibious robot for monitoring the SwanCanning River, the most important estuary system in Western Australia. The major challenge in developing such a robot lies in that ... -
Performance Maps for a Bio Inspired Robotic Condylar Hinge Joint
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)This paper presents performance charts that map the design space of a bioinspired robotic condylar hinge joint. The joint mimics the design of the human knee joint by copying the condylar surfaces of the femur and tibia ... -
Effects of Abstraction on Selecting Relevant Biological Phenomena for Biomimetic Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The naturallanguage approach to identifying biological analogies exploits the existing format of much biological knowledge, beyond databases created for biomimetic design. However, designers may need to select analogies ... -
Not so Subtle Subtleties Regarding Preferences
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The past two decades have seen a significant shift in perspective on engineering design, from the view that design is a matter of problem solving to the view that it is decision making. This shift was encouraged by the ... -
A Method of Finding Biologically Inspired Guidelines for Environmentally Benign Design and Manufacturing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Fundamental characteristics identified via observation of the inherently sustainable biosphere can inform and guide environmentally benign design and manufacturing (EBDM). In support of this premise, this paper identifies ... -
Mention and Focus Organism Detection and Their Applications for Scalable Systematic Bio Ideation Tools
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)More and more approaches for systematic biologically inspired design (BID) aim to scalably leverage large biological databases. To support the scalable systematic BID process, an automated method for mention and focus ... -
The Biology Phenomenon Categorizer: A Human Computation Framework in Support of Biologically Inspired Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Locating relevant biological analogies is a challenge that lies at the heart of practicing biologically inspired design. Current computerassisted biologically inspired design tools require humanintheloop synthesis of biology ... -
Using Stochastic Multicriteria Acceptability Analysis in Biologically Inspired Design as a Multidisciplinary Tool to Assess Biology to Engineering Transfer Risk for Candidate Analogs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Inherent in biologically inspired design (BID) is the selection of one or more analogs from which one or more strategies are extracted and transferred into the engineering domain. The selection of an analog is a fundamental ... -
The Four Box Method: Problem Formulation and Analogy Evaluation in Biologically Inspired Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Searching for biological analogies appropriate for design problems is a core process of biologically inspired design (BID). Through in situ observations of student BIDs, we discovered that student designers struggle with ...