Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Who is a JMD Reviewer?
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)How do I become a reviewer for JMD? This is a question I receive frequently, usually along with some nice complimentary comments about the quality of JMD and its articles. It is a legitimate ... -
Optimum Discrete Location of Shape Memory Alloy Wire for Enhanced Actuation of a Compliant Link
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)For discrete actuation with shape memory alloy (SMA) wires, the actuation moment can be controlled by changing the amount of wire offset. Increasing offset not only enhances the actuating moment, ... -
Modeling and Simulation of an Inertia-Type Infinitely Variable Transmission
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A fully mechanical, infinitely variable transmission (IVT) based on the use of an oscillating inertia is described. The system includes a four-bar linkage mechanism, an epicyclic gear train, and ... -
Post-Buckled Precompressed Techniques in Adaptive Aerostructures: An Overview
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)An overview of the development and application of post-buckled precompressed (PBP) piezoelectric actuators is presented. It has been demonstrated that PBP actuators outperform conventional piezoelectric ... -
Characteristic Matrices and Conceptual Design of Hydraulic Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The paper presents a new conceptual design method that is capable of generating large numbers of possible design concepts of hydraulic systems automatically for specified operation requirements. ... -
Dynamic Design of a High-Speed Motorized Spindle-Bearing System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This technical brief presents a dynamic model based on the traditional transfer matrix method (TMM) and Jones–Harris nonlinear rolling bearing model to study the effects of the extended structure ... -
A Hierarchical Statistical Sensitivity Analysis Method for Multilevel Systems With Shared Variables
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Statistical sensitivity analysis (SSA) is an effective methodology to examine the impact of variations in model inputs on the variations in model outputs at either a prior or posterior design ... -
Optimal Design of Spherical 5R Parallel Manipulators Considering the Motion/Force Transmissibility
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The spherical 5R parallel manipulator is a typical parallel manipulator. It can be used as a pointing device or as a minimally invasive surgical robot. This study addresses the motion/force ... -
Design of 2-DOF Compliant Mechanisms to Form Grip-and-Move Manipulators for 2D Workspace
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper demonstrates the design of compliant grip-and-move manipulators by structural optimization using genetic algorithms. The manipulator is composed of two compliant mechanisms (each with ... -
A Note on the Convergence of Analytical Target Cascading With Infinite Norms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Analytical target cascading (ATC) is a multidisciplinary design optimization method for multilevel hierarchical systems. To improve computational efficiency, especially for problems under uncertainty ... -
Multicategory Design of Bundled Products for Retail Channels Under Uncertainty and Competition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)One prevalent approach to increase both retailer and manufacturer revenues are to improve the attractiveness of a product offering by bundling related product categories together for one price. ... -
Optimal Design of a Hybrid-Driven Servo Press and Experimental Verification
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper focuses on a hybrid-driven servo press, which uses not only a servomotor but also a regular ac motor with a flywheel. A PC-based control system is developed based on both feedback ... -
Tooth Contact Analysis of Longitudinal Cycloidal-Crowned Helical Gears With Circular Arc Teeth
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper proposes a new type of double-crowned helical gear that can be continuously cut on a modern Cartesian-type hypoid generator with two face-hobbing head cutters and circular-arc cutter ... -
A Regularized Inexact Penalty Decomposition Algorithm for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Problems With Complementarity Constraints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Economic and physical considerations often lead to equilibrium problems in multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO), which can be captured by MDO problems with complementarity constraints (MDO-CC)—a ... -
Development of a Subframe Type Fuel Tank for Passenger Cars
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this paper, a subframe type fuel tank module was proposed and evaluated to increase the vehicle safety and the design flexibility against rear crash of automotive vehicles. In order to ... -
Integrated Structural and Controller Optimization in Dynamic Mechatronic Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In order to take into account the interaction between the part, dynamic system, control system, and changing mechanical behavior with all its consequences for the optimization process, a simulation ... -
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Advanced Manufacture of Spiral Bevel Gears on CNC Hypoid Generating Machine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)An algorithm is developed for the execution of motions on the computer numerical control (CNC) hypoid generating machine using the relations on the cradle-type machine. The algorithm is based ... -
Using Parameterized Pareto Sets to Model Design Concepts
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The decisions designers make during conceptual design can have a large impact on the success of a project. Conceptual design decisions can be challenging because the imprecise nature of design ... -
Metrics for Evaluating the Barrier and Time to Reverse Engineer a Product
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Reverse engineering, defined as extracting information about a product from the product itself, is a common industry practice for gaining insight into innovative products. Both the original ...