Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Design of Single, Multiple, and Scaled Nonlinear Springs for Prescribed Nonlinear Responses
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Nonlinear springs enhance the performance of many applications including prosthetics, microelectromechanical systems devices, and vibration absorption systems. This paper describes a comprehensive ... -
Trajectory Control of Compliant Parallel-Arm Mechanisms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this paper, a compliant parallel-arm mechanism design with a desired trajectory control is investigated. The compliant parallel-arm mechanism consists of two large-deflecting initially straight ... -
Mechanical Spring Replacement With Pneumatic Return Device in a Valve Train: Effects on Dynamics and Preload Tuning
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The paper presents a comparison of performance for a cam transmission of an engine valve train operating with a mechanical spring and with a return spring device that uses a pneumatic spring. ... -
A General and Numerically Efficient Framework to Design Sector-Type and Cylindrical Counterweights for Balancing of Planar Linkages
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper extends previous work concerning convex reformulations of counterweight balancing by developing a general and numerically efficient design framework for counterweight balancing of arbitrarily ... -
Tooth Surface Error Correction for Face-Hobbed Hypoid Gears
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Face-hobbing is a continuous generating process employed in manufacturing spiral bevel and hypoid gears. Due to machining dynamics and tolerances of machine tools, the exact tooth surface geometry ... -
Reliability-Based Optimal Design and Tolerancing for Multibody Systems Using Explicit Design Space Decomposition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper introduces a new approach for the optimal geometric design and tolerancing of multibody systems. The approach optimizes both the nominal system dimensions and the associated tolerances ... -
Unified Approach to Cycloid Drive Profile, Stress, and Efficiency Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Cycloid drives are compact, efficient speed reducers. In this paper, a unified set of equations is presented to optimize their design. The conceptual framework and profile design are described. ... -
JMD in the New Decade
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Tempus fugit! Time flees, it does not fly, as Wikipedia conveniently points out; and so, after two years and about a thousand manuscript reviews, I would like to share a few thoughts and ... -
Theoretical Analysis of an Original Rotary Machine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this study an original analysis of the geometric design of a particular internal rotary machine and an investigation on its theoretical performances are presented. The first part of the ... -
“Deus-Ex-Machina” Mechanism Reconstruction in the Theater of Phlius, Corinthia
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In some ancient Greek drama plays, the stage machine used to bring the gods or the heroes of the tragedy on stage, known with the Latin term deus-ex-machina, was used for the solution of ... -
A Platform for Grasp Performance Assessment in Compliant or Underactuated Hands
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper presents the design and evaluation of a platform for the assessment of the performance of compliant or underactuated hands. The position of objects relative to the hand can be ... -
Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of the External and Internal Double Circular-Arc Spiral Bevel Gears for the Nutation Drive
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The purpose of this paper is to propose a pair of external and internal spiral bevel gears with double circular-arc in the nutation drive. Based on the movement of nutation, this paper ... -
Development and Utilization of Ontologies in Design for Manufacturing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)There are many challenges associated with the design and realization of fast changing highly customized products. One promising approach is to implement design for manufacturing (DFM) strategies ... -
An Enhanced CMM Model for the Accurate Prediction of Steady-State Performance of CVT Chain Drives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The paper deals with the theoretical and experimental evaluation of the performance of a continuously variable transmission chain drive in steady-state conditions. We propose an enhanced version ... -
Consideration of Demographics and Variance in Regression Approaches to Estimating Body Dimensions for Spatial Analysis of Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A common objective in designing for human variability is to consider the variability in body size and shape of the target user population. Since anthropometric data specific to the user ... -
A Sequential Linear Programming Coordination Algorithm for Analytical Target Cascading
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Decomposition-based strategies, such as analytical target cascading (ATC), are often employed in design optimization of complex systems. Achieving convergence and computational efficiency in the ... -
Design of Four Contact-Point Slewing Bearing With a New Load Distribution Procedure to Account for Structural Stiffness
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper proposes a procedure for obtaining the load distribution in a four contact-point slewing bearing considering the effect of the structure’s elasticity. The uneven stiffness of the rings ... -
Mechanical Engineering Design Complexity Metrics: Size, Coupling, and Solvability
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Developing objective measures for evaluating and measuring the complexity of design would facilitate (1) empirical studies that require the use of equivalent but different design problems, (2) ... -
Influence of Ring Gear Rim Thickness on Planetary Gear Set Behavior
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this study, results of an experimental and theoretical study on the influence of rim thickness of the ring gear on rim deflections and stresses and planet load sharing of a planetary gear ... -
Reconfigurable Parallel Printing System Design for Field Performance and Service Improvement
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Parallel printing systems offer many advantages to users in terms of system uptime and overall productivity through continuous operation even when certain components of the system fail. Additionally, ...