Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions

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    • Global Optimization of Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Design and Allocation to Minimize Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

      Ching-Shin Norman Shiau; Jeremy J. Michalek (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      We pose a reformulated model for optimal design and allocation of conventional (CV), hybrid electric (HEV), and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicles to obtain global solutions that minimize ...

    • Reversibility of Power-Split Transmissions 

      F. Bottiglione; G. Mantriota (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Recent applications of continuously variable transmissions with large ratio spread, such as mechanical Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems or recent hybrid architectures, need the transmission to be ...

    • Considering Secular and Demographic Trends in Designing Long Lifetime Products for Target User Populations 

      Charlott de Vries; Christopher J. Garneau; Gopal Nadadur; Matthew B. Parkinson (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of design decisions on the accommodation afforded by long lifetime products over extended periods of time, and to then make recommendations ...

    • Spiral Bevel Gear Dynamic Contact and Tooth Impact Analysis 

      Pei-Yu Wang; Sih-Ci Fan; Zi-Gui Huang (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      A significant portion of the research on spiral bevel gear focused on contact stress and assembly flexibility (V and H check) values, while only a few studies investigated the relationship ...

    • Design and the National Agenda 

      Panos y. Papalambros (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      On May 19–20, 2011, the Design Frontiers Symposium: Crossing Boundaries, Creating Disciplines was hosted at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with participants from industry and academia, ...

    • Optimal Design and Fabrication of Narrow-Gauge Compliant Forceps 

      M. E. Aguirre; G. R. Hayes; R. A. Meirom; M. I. Frecker; C. L. Muhlstein; J. H. Adair (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      This paper describes a multidisciplinary project focused on developing design and fabrication methods for narrow-gauge compliant mechanisms expected to be useful in advanced minimally invasive ...

    • Concept and Design of a Multistable Plate Structure 

      Matthew Santer; Sergio Pellegrino (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      A concept is presented for a compliant plate structure that deforms elastically into a variety of cylindrical shapes and is able to maintain such shapes due to the presence of bistable ...

    • ASME Journal of Mechanical Design Special Issue 2012: Design under Uncertainty 

      Wei Chen; Chris Paredis; Irem Y Tumer (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Uncertainty is ubiquitous in engineering design. There are theoretical and computational challenges associated with many aspects of design under uncertainty. While various approaches exist, some ...

    • β-Pareto Set Prediction for Bi-Objective Reliability-Based Design Optimization 

      Dong-Shin Lin; Chun-Min Ho; Kuei-Yuan Chan (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      In this research, we investigate design optimization under uncertainties for problems with two objectives. Reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) that considers uncertainties as random variables ...

    • A New Design of a Two-Stage Cycloidal Speed Reducer 

      Mirko Blagojevic; Nenad Marjanovic; Zorica Djordjevic; Blaza Stojanovic; Aleksandar Disic (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      A new design of a two-stage cycloidal speed reducer is presented in this paper. A traditional two-stage cycloidal speed reducer is obtained by the simple combination of single-stage cycloidal ...

    • Structural Reliability Methods Applied to Power Switch Devices: Example of an Aeronautical IGBT Module 

      Adrien Zéanh; Olivier Dalverny; Arezki Bouzourene; Christophe Bruzy (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      In this paper, an Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) module designed for aeronautic applications is investigated using structural reliability methods coupled with Finite Elements (FE) modeling. ...

    • A Quick View From Pacific Asia 

      Panos Y. Papalambros (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Much has been said about the 21st Century becoming known as the Asian one. The dramatic increase of manuscript submissions to JMD particularly from China and India is testimony to the increased ...

    • On the Benefits and Pitfalls of Analogies for Innovative Design: Ideation Performance Based on Analogical Distance, Commonness, and Modality of Examples 

      Joel Chan; Katherine Fu; Christian Schunn; Jonathan Cagan; Kristin Wood; Kenneth Kotovsky (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Drawing inspiration from examples by analogy can be a powerful tool for innovative design during conceptual ideation but also carries the risk of negative design outcomes (e.g., design fixation), ...

    • Elliptical-Arc-Fillet Flexure Hinges: Toward a Generalized Model for Commonly Used Flexure Hinges 

      Guimin Chen; Xiaoyuan Liu; Yunlei Du (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Flexure hinges have been used to produce frictionless and backlashless transmissions in a variety of precision mechanisms. Although there are many types of flexure hinges available, designers ...

    • Geometrical Design and Investigation of a New Profile of the Three Screw Pump 

      Jian Xu; Quanke Feng; Weifeng Wu (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      This paper presents a new edge blunting method of the three screw pump rotor with an elliptic arc and equations of the rotor profile after edge blunting. Through comparisons of different ...

    • Control Proxy Functions for Sequential Design and Control Optimization 

      Diane L. Peters; P. Y. Papalambros; A. G. Ulsoy (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Optimal system design of “smart” products requires optimization of both the artifact and its controller. When the artifact and the controller designs are independent, the system solution is ...

    • Generalized Coupling Management in Complex Engineering Systems Optimization 

      Sulaiman F. Alyaqout; Diane L. Peters; Panos Y. Papalambros; A. Galip Ulsoy (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Decomposition-based design optimization strategies are used to solve complex engineering system problems that might be otherwise unsolvable. Yet, the associated computational cost can be prohibitively ...

    • Power Flow Analysis of Compound Epicyclic Gear Transmission: Simpson Gear Train 

      Chao Chen (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      An analytical expression for the total efficiency of the Simpson gear train is derived using virtual power analysis. This expression is consistent with intuition when the total efficiency is ...

    • Topological Structural Synthesis of 4-DOF Serial-Parallel Hybrid Mechanisms 

      Qiang Zeng; Kornel F. Ehmann; Yuefa Fang (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      This paper analyzes the basic forms of 4-DOF spatial motions through the introduction of logical propositions for the topological structural synthesis of multiloop hybrid spatial mechanisms. The ...

    • An Energy Approach to Static Balancing of Systems With Torsion Stiffness 

      Giuseppe Radaelli; Juan A. Gallego; Just L. Herder (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)
      Static balance can be applied to improve the energy efficiency of mechanisms. In the field of static balancing, there is a lack of knowledge and design methods that are capable of dealing ...