Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Sustainable Design?
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The Brundtland Commission defined sustainable development as the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. ... -
Hybrid Power/Energy Generation Through Multidisciplinary and Multilevel Design Optimization With Complementarity Constraints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The optimal design of hybrid power generation systems (HPGSs) can significantly improve the technical and economic performance of power supply. However, the discrete-time simulation with logical ... -
Random Field Characterization Considering Statistical Dependence for Probability Analysis and Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The proper orthogonal decomposition method has been employed to extract the important field signatures of random field observed in an engineering product or process. Our preliminary study found ... -
Effect of Convex Tooth Flank Form Deviation on the Characteristics of Transmission Error of Gears Considering Elastic Deformation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The transmission error of gears is an important factor for power transmissions, particularly automotive. Consequently, a lot of research has been conducted on the gear transmission. However, in ... -
Analytical Determination of Basic Machine-Tool Settings for Generation of Spiral Bevel Gears From Blank Data
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)An approach for analytical determination of basic machine-tool settings for generation of spiral bevel gears from blank data is proposed. Generation by face-milling is considered. The analytical ... -
Simulation-Based Robust Design of Multiscale Products
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The current research proposes an integrated framework for product design that incorporates simulation-based tools into the early design stage to achieve optimum multiscale systems. The method to ... -
A Second-Order Reliability Method With First-Order Efficiency
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The first-order reliability method (FORM) is efficient but may not be accurate for nonlinear limit-state functions. The second-order reliability method (SORM) is more accurate but less efficient. ... -
An Entropic Method for Sequencing Discrete Design Decisions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper presents a mathematical model for quantifying uncertainty of a discrete design solution and to monitor it through the design process. In the presented entropic view, uncertainty is ... -
Design and Realization of Multimobile Robot System With Docking Manipulator
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper presents the design and realization of a multimobile robot system joint locomotion (JL)-2, which features not only a docking and 3D posture-adjusting capability between three robots ... -
Using Support Vector Machines to Formalize the Valid Input Domain of Predictive Models in Systems Design Problems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Predictive modeling can be a valuable tool for systems designers, allowing them to capture and reuse knowledge from a set of observed data related to their system. An important challenge ... -
Shape Memory Alloy Based Morphing Aerostructures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In order to continue the current rate of improvements in aircraft performance, aircraft and components which are continuously optimized for all flight conditions, will be needed. Toward this ... -
Reconfiguration Theory of Mechanism From a Traditional Artifact
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The traditional artifacts are very popular to play with for their magic tricks and these transformations contain potential theory of mechanisms. The assembly-circles artifact is a metamorphic ... -
Design Under Uncertainty: Balancing Expected Performance and Risk
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The problem of quantifying uncertainty in the design process is approached indirectly. Nonquantifiable variability resulting from lack of knowledge is treated as epistemic uncertainty and quantifiable ... -
Case Study Research Using Senior Design Projects: An Example Application
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Case study research in engineering design, while not as formalized and accepted as in the social sciences, is growing in popularity because of its ability to yield significant insights into ... -
Design of a Multijet Omnidirectional Propulsion System for Small Jet-Boats
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Jet-boats perform remarkably well at high-speed but lack low speed maneuverability for tight maneuvers such as docking. This paper presents a joystick controlled omnidirectional propulsion system ... -
Design: The New Frontier
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)An increasingly well-articulated proposition is that the present macro-challenges we face—energy, environment, health care, manufacturing production, transportation, and security—all require linking ... -
Design Considerations for Development of a Wire-Based Rock Cutting Mechanism for Space Exploration
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Exploration and understanding of other celestial bodies will involve the same type of science used to understand our own planet earth. Specifically, much can be learned from studying the geology ... -
Failure of Flawed Utility Poles in Wind Gusts
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The purpose of this study is to account for failures of wood utility poles in wind storms based on dynamic analysis and pole imperfections. The utility pole supporting multiple overhead ... -
A Filter-Based Sample Average SQP for Optimization Problems With Highly Nonlinear Probabilistic Constraints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this work, we develop a filter-based sequential quadratic programming (SQP) algorithm for solving reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) problems with highly nonlinear constraints. The ... -
Business Models
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)One of the most frequent questions that comes up in my editorial duties has to do with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) journals’ page number limits, page charges, cost of ...