Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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The Design Society
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)There has been significant European interest in design research and education over many years, with particularly strong research traditions especially in the ‘design science/theory of technical ... -
Design Space Exploration for Quantifying a System Model’s Feasible Domain
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)A major challenge in multidisciplinary system design is predicting the effects of design decisions at the point these decisions are being made. Because decisions at the beginning of system ... -
A Design Societies Federation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)You can recognize the many faces of design by looking at the many different professional societies that promote design around the world. These societies may have roots in engineering or ... -
A Backwards Design Method for Mechanical Conceptual Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)This paper presents a backwards design method for mechanical conceptual design. The method involves starting with a very idealistic semiworking solution and then systematically solving the unworkable ... -
A Hybrid Reliability Approach Based on Probability and Interval for Uncertain Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Traditional reliability analysis generally uses probability approach to quantify the uncertainty, while it needs a great amount of information to construct precise distributions of the uncertain ... -
Design by Analogy: A Study of the WordTree Method for Problem Re-Representation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)This paper presents a novel approach, referred to as the WordTree design-by-analogy method, for identifying distant-domain analogies as part of the ideation process. The WordTree method derives ... -
On the Identification of Machine Settings for Gear Surface Topography Corrections (DETC2011-47727)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)In this paper, we set out to investigate the performances of some algorithms proposed in the gear literature for identifying the machine-tool settings required to obtain predesigned gear tooth ... -
Simulation Based Design of Disk Resonator Biosensors Under Fabrication Uncertainty
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)A high performance and cost effective biosensor is designed using a radial contour-mode disk resonator (RCDR). This sensor measures tiny biological mass attached on a disk vibrating at a high ... -
Validation of Function Pruning Rules Through Similarity at Three Levels of Abstraction
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Function modeling is often used in the conceptual design phase as an approach to capture a form-independent purpose of a product. Previous research uses a repository of reverse-engineered function ... -
Finding and Counting Papers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)“Those who count count” an old academic friend of mine used to say, and I have found myself often repeating this adage. But do they count right? -
Effects of Bearing Preload, Oil Volume, and Operating Temperature on Axle Power Losses
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)In order to boost the fuel economy of their vehicles, automotive Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers have been investigating a range of options from alternate vehicle propulsion ... -
Teeth Clearance and Relief Grooves Effects in a Trochoidal-Gear Pump Using New Modules of GeroLAB
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)As trochoidal-gear pump specifications become more demanding and design cycles shorter, the use of an innovative tool for modeling and simulation can be a cost effective and valuable guide to ... -
An Automated Design Method for Active Trailer Steering Systems of Articulated Heavy Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)An important design decision for active trailer steering (ATS) systems for articulated heavy vehicles (AHVs) is the trade-off between maneuverability and lateral stability. This paper presents an ... -
Modeling of the Meshing of Trochoidal Profiles With Clearances
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)This paper explains development of the general mathematical model of trochoidal gearing that can be applied for gerotor pumps and cyclo reducers. The model analyzes geometry and physics of the ... -
Physical Design Tools Support and Hinder Innovative Engineering Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)Engineers use various physical tools (e.g., computers, smart boards, notes, and prototypes) to support their design work. To understand cognitive processes underlying the innovative design process ... -
Dynamic Electromechanical Field Concentrations Near Electrodes in Piezoelectric Thick Films for the Design of MEMS Mirrors
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)This paper studies the dynamic electromechanical response of piezoelectric mirrors driven by piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thick films both numerically and experimentally. The resonant ... -
Optimal Compliant Flapping Mechanism Topologies With Multiple Load Cases
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)The conceptual design of effective actuation mechanisms for flapping wing micro air vehicles presents considerable challenges, with competing weight, power, authority, and life cycle requirements. ... -
Concept Exploration Through Morphological Charts: An Experimental Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)This paper presents two design experiments to evaluate the impact of the size and shape of a morphological chart used to identify promising concepts within those charts. In each experiment, ... -
Topology Optimization for Static Shape Control of Piezoelectric Plates With Penalization on Intermediate Actuation Voltage
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)This paper investigates the simultaneous optimal distribution of structural material and trilevel actuation voltage for static shape control applications. In this optimal design problem, the shape ... -
A Symbolic Formulation for Analytical Compliance Analysis and Synthesis of Flexure Mechanisms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2012)This paper presents a symbolic formulation for analytical compliance analysis and synthesis of flexure mechanisms with serial, parallel, or hybrid topologies. Our approach is based on the screw ...