Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Biomimetics: Structure–Function Patterns Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Understanding the relationships between structures and functions is important for engineering design in general and for biomimetic design specifically. In nature, different structures provide a wide range of functions ... -
Identifying Trends in Analogy Usage for Innovation: A Cross Sectional Product Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Designbyanalogy, including bioinspired design, is a powerful tool for innovation. Engineers need better tools to enhance ideation. To support tool creation, an exploratory crosssectional empirical product study of 70 ... -
Exploring Automated Text Classification to Improve Keyword Corpus Search Results for Bioinspired Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Bioinspired design is the adaptation of methods, strategies, or principles found in nature to solve engineering problems. One formalized approach to bioinspired solution seeking is the abstraction of the engineering problem ... -
Bio Inspired Design: An Overview Investigating Open Questions From the Broader Field of Design by Analogy
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Bioinspired design and the broader field of designbyanalogy have been the basis of numerous innovative designs throughout history; yet there remains much to be understood about these practices of design, their underlying ... -
“Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?†The BioM Innovation Database
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)We present the BioM Innovation Database, the first of its kind containing detailed information about global biomimetic activity. We present a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the database to address the following ... -
Special Issue on Biologically Inspired Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The special issue consists of 13 significant articles. The first section contains two survey articles. In “â€کWhere Are We Now and Where Are We Going?’: The BioM Innovation Database,†Jacobs, Nichol, and Helms carefully ... -
A Novel Tip Retraction Mechanism for Puncture Devices1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Puncture access procedures are frequent in medicine but can lead to complications due to overpuncture. When tissue membranes yield under applied stress, the device suddenly accelerates forward into the patient. Factors ... -
Experiential Conjoint Analysis: An Experience Based Method for Eliciting, Capturing, and Modeling Consumer Preference
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Traditionally, consumer preference is modeled in terms of preference for the aesthetic and functional features of a product. This paper introduces a new means to model consumer preference that accounts for not only for how ... -
A Closed Form Second Order Reliability Method Using Noncentral Chi Squared Distributions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)In the secondorder reliability method (SORM), the probability of failure is computed for an arbitrary performance function in arbitrarily distributed random variables. This probability is approximated by the probability ... -
Resource Allocation for Lean Product Development Using a Value Creation Cell Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Lean can be applied to product development processes to improve value creation management. However, allocating resources to a project or a development program in order to maximize the value generated by project activities ... -
Design of a Compact Robotic Manipulator for Single Port Laparoscopy
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)This paper presents the mechanical design of a novel surgical robotic platform, specifically developed for singleport laparoscopy (SPL). The greatest constraint is the small size of the skin incision through which the robot ... -
Robust Design for Multivariate Quality Characteristics Using Extreme Value Distribution
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Quality characteristics (QCs) are important product performance variables that determine customer satisfaction. Their expected values are optimized and their standard deviations are minimized during robust design (RD). ... -
Probabilistic Graphical Modeling of Use Stage Energy Consumption: A Lightweight Vehicle Example1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Although energy consumption during product use can lead to significant environmental impacts, the relationship between a product's usage context and its environmental performance is rarely considered in design evaluations. ... -
Machine Learning Algorithms for Recommending Design Methods
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Every year design practitioners and researchers develop new methods for understanding users and solving problems. This increasingly large collection of methods causes a problem for novice designers: How does one choose ... -
Applied Tests of Design Skills—Part III: Abstract Reasoning
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Past studies have identified the following cognitive skills relevant to conceptual design: divergent thinking, spatial reasoning, visual thinking, abstract reasoning, and problem formulation (PF). Standardized tests are ... -
Optimal Design of Compound Parabolic Concentrator Solar Collector System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The multiobjective optimum design of stationary compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) solar collectors is considered. The clear day solar beam radiation and diffuse radiation at the location of the solar collector are ... -
A Computer Architecture for the Automatic Design of Modular Systems With Application to Photovoltaic Reverse Osmosis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Systems such as electronics, cars, computers, and robots are assembled from modular components for specific applications. Photovoltaic reverse osmosis (PVRO) systems, which can be customtailored for the water demands and ... -
Function Based Design by Analogy: A Functional Vector Approach to Analogical Search
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Designbyanalogy is a powerful approach to augment traditional concept generation methods by expanding the set of generated ideas using similarity relationships from solutions to analogous problems. While the concept of ... -
A Time Variant Reliability Analysis Method Based on Stochastic Process Discretization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)Timevariant reliability problems caused by deterioration in material properties, dynamic load uncertainty, and other causes are widespread among practical engineering applications. This study proposes a novel timevariant ... -
Similitude Laws and Small Scale Model Experiments Characterizing Dynamic Failures of Flawed Utility Poles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2014)The principles of similitude were employed to scale the equations of motion of wood utility poles to small, practical laboratory size. The derived dimensionless system parameters were used to design experiments in which ...