Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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A New Knowledge Ecosystem
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)As we cross another year of life in JMD, I would like to share a few reflections on JMD’s present and future. -
An Integrative Methodology for Product and Supply Chain Design Decisions at the Product Design Stage
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Supplier selection is one of the key decisions in supply chain management. Companies need not only to make the “make” or “buy” decisions but also differentiate across potential suppliers in ... -
Investigations on CFD Simulations for Predicting Windage Power Losses in Spur Gears
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)In this paper, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code is applied to two- and three-dimensional simulations of windage power loss generated by spur gears rotating in air. Emphasis is placed ... -
The Characteristics of Innovative, Mechanical Products
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Many new products fail upon introduction to the marketplace, but a few products are exceptionally successful, earning innovation awards and other benchmarks of success. To better understand the ... -
Reinventing the Wheel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)A rational approach to the mechanical design of wheel rims as a typical periodic structure is presented in the current work. With novel application of the latest bidirectional evolutionary ... -
Robust Design for Dynamic System Under Model Uncertainty
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)In real-world applications, a nominal model is often used to approximate the design of an industrial system. This approximation could make the traditional design method less effective due to ... -
Are Circular Shaped Masks Adequate in Adaptive Mask Overlay Topology Synthesis Method?
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Previous versions of the material mask overlay strategy (MMOS) for topology synthesis primarily employ circular masks to simulate voids within the design region. MMOS operates on the photolithographic ... -
Biologically Meaningful Keywords for Functional Terms of the Functional Basis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Biology is recognized as an excellent source of analogies and stimuli for engineering design. Previous work focused on the systematic identification of relevant biological analogies by searching ... -
Probabilistic Framework for Uncertainty Propagation With Both Probabilistic and Interval Variables
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)This paper develops and illustrates a probabilistic approach for uncertainty representation and propagation in system analysis, when the information on the uncertain input variables and/or their ... -
Sampling-Based Stochastic Sensitivity Analysis Using Score Functions for RBDO Problems With Correlated Random Variables
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)This study presents a methodology for computing stochastic sensitivities with respect to the design variables, which are the mean values of the input correlated random variables. Assuming that ... -
A Primer on JMD’s Reviewing and Publication Process
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)While JMD follows closely the general ASME Journals publication process, we have some features in our process that tend to be specific to our journal. Every month, some new authors and readers ... -
Reconstruction Synthesis of the Calendrical Subsystem of Antikythera Mechanism
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The damaged excavation of the Antikythera mechanism presents the oldest astronomical analog computer in ancient Greece. Its interior mechanism is a complicated gear train with many subsystems in ... -
Protocol-Based Multi-Agent Systems: Examining the Effect of Diversity, Dynamism, and Cooperation in Heuristic Optimization Approaches
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Many heuristic optimization approaches have been developed to combat the ever-increasing complexity of engineering problems. In general, these approaches can be classified based on the diversity ... -
Effect of Cameralike Aperture in Quest for Maintaining Quasi-Constant Radiation Inside a Solar Reactor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Solar reactors can convert intermittent solar radiation into storable chemical energy in the form of fuels that are transportable. In order to use solar energy as a source of high temperature ... -
New 3-DOFs Hybrid Mechanism for Ankle and Wrist of Humanoid Robot: Modeling, Simulation, and Experiments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)This paper deals with the design of a new class of hybrid mechanism dedicated to humanoid robotics application. Since the designing and control of humanoid robots are still open questions, we ... -
A Level Set-Based Topology Optimization Method for Maximizing Thermal Diffusivity in Problems Including Design-Dependent Effects
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)This paper proposes an optimum design method, based on our level set-based topology optimization method, for maximizing thermal diffusivity in problems dealing with generic heat transfer boundaries ... -
An Experimental Study of Group Idea Generation Techniques: Understanding the Roles of Idea Representation and Viewing Methods
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Advances in innovation processes are critically important as economic and business landscapes evolve. There are many concept generation techniques that can assist a designer in the initial phases ... -
Reliability Based Design Optimization Using a Single Constraint Approximation Point
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The computational effort for reliability based design optimization (RBDO) is no longer prohibitive even for detailed studies of mechanical integrity. The sequential approximation RBDO formulation ... -
Time-Dependent Reliability Analysis for Function Generator Mechanisms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)A function generator mechanism links its motion output and motion input with a desired functional relationship. The probability of realizing such functional relationship is the kinematic reliability. ... -
Development of Criteria for Lamina Emergent Mechanism Flexures With Specific Application to Metals
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)This paper develops new design criteria for lamina emergent mechanism (LEM) flexures with particular application to sheet-metal-formed metal flexures. The LEM flexure design criteria are based on ...