Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Origami and Tessellation in Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)For centuries, origami artists have invested immeasurable effort developing models under extreme selfimposed constraints (e.g., only paper, no cutting or gluing, one regularshaped sheet). The accessible and formable medium ... -
An Analytical Approach for Synthesizing Line Actuation Spaces of Parallel Flexure Mechanisms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)In this study, we present an analytical approach for synthesizing line actuation spaces of a parallel flexure mechanism (PFM) that can help designers to arrange linear actuators within the PFM in a correct and optimal way. ... -
A New Concept for a Wheel Embedded Assembly for Electric Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)The present research focuses on the development of a multifunctional wheelembedded assembly for electrically powered vehicles. It must perform the core functions of a roadgoing vehicle—propulsion, braking, steering, and ... -
Robust Optimization of Cylindrical Gear Tooth Surface Modifications Within Ranges of Torque and Misalignments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)Tooth surface modifications are small, micronlevel intentional deviations from perfect involute geometries of spur and helical gears. Such modifications are aimed at improving contact pressure distribution, while minimizing ... -
Facilitating Higher Order Learning Through Computer Games
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)Engineering education needs to focus on equipping students with foundational math, science, and engineering skills, with development of critical and higherorder thinking so they can address novel and complex problems and ... -
Probabilistic Inverse Simulation and Its Application in Vehicle Accident Reconstruction
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)Inverse simulation is an inverse process of direct simulation. It determines unknown input variables of the direct simulation for a given set of simulation output variables. Uncertainties usually exist, making it difficult ... -
Prediction of Mechanical Power Loss of Planet Gear Roller Bearings Under Combined Radial and Moment Loading
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)A modeling methodology is proposed to predict loaddependent (mechanical) power loss of cylindrical roller bearings under combined radial and moment loading with focus on planetary gear set planet bearings. This methodology ... -
On the Design of a Mechanically Programmable Underactuated Anthropomorphic Prosthetic Gripper
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)This paper introduces a novel underactuated anthropomorphic gripper for prosthetic applications. In order to extend the grasping capabilities of underactuated prosthetic grippers and improve the force transmission ratio, ... -
Role of Sunk Cost in Engineering Idea Generation: An Experimental Investigation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)Researchers and design practitioners advocate building physical models of ideas at early stages of the design process. Still, the cognitive effects of physical models remain largely unknown. Some studies show that physical ... -
Designing a Hydraulic Continously Variable Transmission (CVT) for Retrofitting a Rear Wheel Drive Automobile
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)This research shows that an existing rearwheel drive vehicle may be easily retrofitted with a continuously variabletransmission for the purposes of reducing the overall fuel consumption of the automobile. The retrofitability ... -
Systematic Ideation Effectiveness Study of TRIZ
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)The objective of this paper is to present experimental results of a specific ideation method TRIZ (an abbreviation of a Russian acronym of “Teoriya Resheniya Izobretatelskikh Zadatch†meaning theory of inventive problem ... -
On Measuring Engineering Risk Attitudes1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)Risk management is a critical part of engineering practice in industry. Yet, the attitudes of engineers toward risk remain unknown and are not measured. This paper presents the development of a psychometric scale, the ... -
Cutting Plane Methods for Analytical Target Cascading With Augmented Lagrangian Coordination
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)Analytical target cascading (ATC), a hierarchical, multilevel, multidisciplinary coordination method, has proven to be an effective decomposition approach for largescale engineering optimization problems. In recent years, ... -
Stochastic Reassembly Strategy for Managing Information Complexity in Heterogeneous Materials Analysis and Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)Design of high performance materials system requires highly efficient methods for assessing microstructure–property relations of heterogeneous materials. Toward this end, a domain decomposition, affordable analysis, and ... -
Workspace Analysis of a Novel Six Degrees of Freedom Parallel Manipulator With Coaxial Actuated Arms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)Parallel manipulators possess several advantages compared to serial robots, including the possibilities for high acceleration and high accuracy positioning of the manipulated platform. However, the majority of all proposed ... -
A Novel Prevailing Torque Threaded Fastener and Its Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)We present a novel concept of a threaded fastener that is resistant to loosening under vibration. The antiloosening feature does not use any additional element and is based on modifying the geometry of the thread in the ... -
Plant Limited Co Design of an Energy Efficient Counterbalanced Robotic Manipulator
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)Modifying the design of an existing system to meet the needs of a new task is a common activity in mechatronic system development. Often, engineers seek to meet requirements for the new task via control design changes ... -
Comparison of Two Similar Mathematical Models for Tolerance Analysis: T Map and Deviation Domain
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)The major part of production cost of a manufacturing product is set during the design stage and especially by the tolerancing choice. Therefore, a lot of work involves trying to simulate the impact of these choices and ... -
Design and Kinematics Modeling of a Novel 3 DOF Monolithic Manipulator Featuring Improved Scott Russell Mechanisms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)This paper proposes the design of a novel 3DOF monolithic manipulator. This manipulator is capable of performing planar manipulations with three kinematically coupled DOFs, i.e., the translations in the X and Y axes and ... -
Affordances and Product Design to Support Environmentally Conscious Behavior
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2013)We developed an affordancebased methodology to support environmentally conscious behavior (ECB) that conserves resources such as materials, energy, etc. While studying concepts that aim to support ECB, we noted that ...