Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Multi-Objective Optimal Design of Stationary Flat-Plate Solar Collectors Under Probabilistic Uncertainty
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The multi-objective optimum design of stationary flat-plate solar collectors under probabilistic uncertainty is considered. The clear day solar beam radiation and diffuse radiation at the location ... -
A Schematic Method for Sustainable Material Selection of Toxic Chemicals in Design and Manufacturing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Toxic chemicals used in product design and manufacturing are grave concerns due to their toxic impact on human health. Implementing sustainable material selection strategies on toxic chemicals ... -
Complete Solution to the Eight-Point Path Generation of Slider-Crank Four-Bar Linkages
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)We study the synthesis of a slider-crank four-bar linkage whose coupler point traces a set of predefined task points. We report that there are at most 558 slider-crank four-bars in cognate ... -
Estimating the Carbon Footprint of Telecommunications Products: A Heuristic Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Estimation of the carbon footprint for telecommunications and electronics products has become a key design activity. Improvement in carbon footprint must be demonstrated consistently on all new ... -
A Methodology for Identifying Environmentally Conscious Guidelines for Product Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A reverse engineering methodology is presented for identifying environmentally conscious design guidelines for use in the conceptual stages of product design. Environmentally conscious principles ... -
Optimal Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Design and Allocation for Minimum Life Cycle Cost, Petroleum Consumption, and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) technology has the potential to reduce operating cost, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and petroleum consumption in the transportation sector. However, the ... -
Checklist-Based Assessment Methodology for Sustainable Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The manufacturing industry is faced with a challenge to create products with less environmental impact targeting a sustainable society. To cope with this challenge, sustainable design or ecodesign ... -
A method for Estimating the Degree of Uncertainty With Respect to Life Cycle Assessment During Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Life cycle assessment (LCA) is used to estimate a product’s environmental impact. Using LCA during the earlier stages of design may produce erroneous results since information available on the ... -
Product Life-Cycle Modeling and Evaluation at the Conceptual Design Stage: A Digraph and Matrix Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)An evaluation procedure for product life-cycle design at the conceptual stage is presented using a digraph and matrix approach. Life-cycle design attributes are identified and used to evaluate ... -
Integrating Life Cycle Assessment Into the Conceptual Phase of Design Using a Design Repository
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper describes efforts taken to further transition life cycle assessment techniques from the latter, more detailed phases of design to the early-on conceptual phase of product development. ... -
A Conceptual Design Tool for Resolving Conflicts Between Product Functionality and Environmental Impact
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Product development organizations are unwilling to compromise product functionality, unit cost, or time to market in order to create products that have less environmental impact than that required ... -
Varying Lifecycle Lengths Within a Product Take-Back Portfolio
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Product take-back and reuse is sometimes at odds with the rapidly evolving desires of some customers. For other customers, the environmental benefits of reuse more than compensate for minor ... -
Design for Lifecycle Cost Using Time-Dependent Reliability
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Reliability is an important engineering requirement for consistently delivering acceptable product performance through time. As time progresses, the product may fail due to time phenomena such as ... -
Special Issue on Sustainable Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)“Who cares for planet Earth?—Apparently not us at JMD…” was my editorial message in February 2009 (http://asmejmd.org/show_editorial.php?id=26). Since then, the entire JMD Editorial Board has taken ... -
Study of a MEMS-Based Free Piston Expander for Energy Sustainability
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A novel free piston expander (FPE) has been designed and modeled for energy sustainability applications. Specifically, the device has been designed to produce power from low-temperature energy ... -
A Use of a Mathematical Model in Updating Concept Selection
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper presents the use of a mathematical model in updating a decision maker’s belief before selecting a product/system concept and demonstrates a procedure to calculate the maximum monetary ... -
Quantification of Perceived Environmental Friendliness for Vehicle Silhouette Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Quantification of subjective attributes expressed as functions of design variables is a significant challenge in creating product design optimization models. For example, the objective assessment ... -
A Device for Harvesting Energy From Rotational Vibrations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A new device designed to harvest rotational vibration energy is presented. The device is modeled as a spring-mass-damper system connected to a vibration source where a torsion rod is used as ... -
Integrated Sustainable Life Cycle Design: A Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Product design is one of the most important sectors influencing global sustainability, as almost all the products consumed by people are outputs of the product development process. In particular, ... -
Hierarchical Decomposition and Multidomain Formulation for the Design of Complex Sustainable Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Designing a large-scale complex system, such as a city of the future, with a focus on sustainability requires a systematic approach toward integrated design of all subsystems. Domains such as ...