Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions

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    • Some Analytical Results on Transmission Errors in Narrow-Faced Spur and Helical Gears: Influence of Profile Modifications 

      P. Velex; D. R. Houser; J. Bruyère (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Some theoretical developments are presented, which lead to approximate analytical results on quasi-static transmission errors valid for low and high contact ratio spur and helical gears. Based ...

    • Multiscale Uncertainty Quantification Based on a Generalized Hidden Markov Model 

      Yan Wang (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Variability is the inherent randomness in systems, whereas incertitude is due to lack of knowledge. In this paper, a generalized hidden Markov model (GHMM) is proposed to quantify aleatory and ...

    • Theoretic Study of Efficiency of Two-DOFs of Epicyclic Gear Transmission via Virtual Power 

      Chao Chen; Teck Teh Liang (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Epicyclic gear train is a fundamental form of mechanical transmission with broad applications. Efficiency study of these trains is critical to design, optimization, and operation. It is known ...

    • What Constitutes a Good Design Education Research Paper That Would be Suitable for JMD? 

      J. P. Terpenny (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Have you heard? Did you know? The Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD) has been accepting and publishing quality design education research papers for the last 2 years. As the associate editor ...

    • Bi-level Approach to Vehicle Component Layout With Shape Morphing 

      Hong Dong; Paolo Guarneri; Georges Fadel (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Engineering research into packing problems has been widely undertaken in recent years. The use of component shape morphing in layout design has, however, received little attention. Shape morphing ...

    • Improved Screw–Nut Interface Model for High-Performance Ball Screw Drives 

      Chinedum E. Okwudire (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Emerging applications of ball screw drives such as semiconductor inspection, fiber optic alignment, medical equipment, and miniature robotic actuators typically make use of ball screws that are ...

    • Analysis of Elliptical Rolling Contact Joints in Compression 

      Jacob R. Montierth; Robert H. Todd; Larry L. Howell (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      This paper presents elliptical rolling contact joints in compression as an alternative to circular rolling contact and conventional revolute joints where high quality force transmission—low friction ...

    • A Modified Reliability Index Approach for Reliability-Based Design Optimization 

      Po Ting Lin; Hae Chang Gea; Yogesh Jaluria (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) problems have been intensively studied for many decades. Since Hasofer and Lind [1974, “Exact and Invariant Second-Moment Code Format,” J. Engrg. Mech. ...

    • Synthesis of the Pitch Cones of N-Lobed Elliptical Bevel Gears 

      Giorgio Figliolini; Jorge Angeles (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      A general formulation of the synthesis of the pitch cones of a pair of N-lobed elliptical bevel gears and the pitch surface of its conjugate crown-rack is proposed. In particular, two pitch ...

    • Turning Black-Box Functions Into White Functions 

      Songqing Shan; G. Gary Wang (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      A recently developed metamodel, radial basis function-based high-dimensional model representation (RBF-HDMR), shows promise as a metamodel for high-dimensional expensive black-box functions. This work ...

    • Design Education Research 

      Panos Y. Papalambros (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Design education research is part of design research. This has been a JMD position for quite some time, with a special issue dedicated to the topic in July 2007 with Mike McCarthy as editor ...

    • Integrating Least Square Support Vector Regression and Mode Pursuing Sampling Optimization for Crashworthiness Design 

      Hu Wang; Songqing Shan; G. Gary Wang; Guangyao Li (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Many metamodeling techniques have been developed in the past two decades to reduce the computational cost of design evaluation. With the increasing scale and complexity of engineering problems, ...

    • Strategic Design Decisions for Uncertain Market Systems Using an Agent Based Approach 

      Z. Wang; P. K. Kannan; S. Azarm (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Market players, such as competing manufacturing firms and retail channels, can significantly influence the demand and profit of a new product. Existing methods in design for market systems use ...

    • Energy Based Functional Decomposition in Preliminary Design 

      Jérôme Pailhès; Mohammed Sallaou; Jean-Pierre Nadeau; Georges M. Fadel (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      This paper presents an energy based approach to functional decomposition that is applicable to the top down design (system to subsystems to components) of mechanical systems. The paper shows ...

    • An Enhanced Bayesian Based Model Validation Method for Dynamic Systems 

      Zhenfei Zhan; Yan Fu; Yinghong Peng; Ren-Jye Yang (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Validation of computational models with multiple correlated functional responses requires the consideration of multivariate data correlation, uncertainty quantification and propagation, and objective ...

    • Design Research 

      Panos Y. Papalambros (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Many a time I have found myself fielding the question “So, what is design research?” directed to me as the JMD Editor from not only folk outside the design community but also from within ...

    • Helical Shift Mechanics of Rubber V-Belt Variators 

      Francesco Sorge; Marco Cammalleri (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      A very common configuration of V-belt variators for motorcycles considers the correction of the belt tensioning depending on the resistant torque by means of suitable helical-shaped tracks allowing ...

    • Modified-Roll Profile Correction for a Gear Shaping Cutter Made by the Lengthwise-Reciprocating Grinding Process 

      Chin-Lung Huang; Zhang-Hua Fong (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      The tooth profile error of a gear shaping cutter made by the lengthwise-reciprocating grinding process (LRGP) is usually corrected by modifying the grinding wheel profile. However, such grinding ...

    • Analysis of Capstone Design Reports: Visual Representations 

      Sophoria Westmoreland; Ashley Ruocco; Linda Schmidt (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Mechanical engineers and those in related fields require effective written communication skills. These include the appropriate presentation of mechanical design information in visual format. A study ...

    • An Adaptive Material Mask Overlay Method: Modifications and Investigations on Binary, Well Connected Robust Compliant Continua 

      Anupam Saxena (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      The material mask overlay strategy employs negative masks to create material voids within the design region to synthesize perfectly binary (0-1), well connected continua. Previous implementations ...