Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Design Team Convergence: The Influence of Example Solution Quality
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This study examines how engineering design teams converge upon a solution to a design problem and how their solution is influenced by information given to them prior to problem solving. ... -
A Parametric Analysis of the Gear Surface Roughness After Hobbing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Hobbing is a common manufacturing method when producing helical, involute gears. In order to give the manufactured gear a controlled surface smoothness, a method to, very accurately, determine ... -
A Multistable Linear Actuation Mechanism Based on Artificial Muscles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this paper, we report on a multistable linear actuation mechanism articulated with electroactive polymer actuators, widely known as artificial muscles. These actuators, which can operate both ... -
Topology Optimization of Compliant Mechanisms Using Hybrid Discretization Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The hybrid discretization model for topology optimization of compliant mechanisms is introduced in this paper. The design domain is discretized into quadrilateral design cells. Each design cell ... -
A Hybrid Sensitivity Analysis for Use in Early Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Sensitivity analyses are frequently used during the design of engineering systems to qualify and quantify the effect of parametric variation in the performance of a system. Two primary types ... -
Numerical Investigation of a Silicon Six-Wafer Microcombustor Under the Effect of Heat Loss Through the Outer Walls
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this paper, the influences of low heat transfer condition at the outer walls on the microcombustor are investigated due to the fact that a sufficiently small heat transfer coefficient at ... -
Probabilistic Life Assessment of Gas Turbine Blades
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper addresses the problem of analyzing measurement data to estimate the variations in turbine blade life in the presence of manufacturing variability. A methodology that employs existing ... -
Feasible Geometrical Configurations for Split Torque Gearboxes With Idler Pinions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The split torque gearbox is a practical solution to the transmission of high torques with the lowest possible weight. In this article, we perform the mathematics necessary to calculate possible ... -
On the Suitability of Econometric Demand Models in Design for Market Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)A goal of design for market systems research is to predict demand for differentiated products so that counterfactual experiments can be performed based on design changes. We review conventional ... -
An Investigation Into the Decision Analysis of Design Process Decisions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Although recent work in decision-based design (DBD) recognizes the need for an enterprise perspective in which the expected profit is the primary driver of utility, for the overwhelming majority ... -
Life Cycle Cost Modeling of Pumps Using an Activity Based Costing Methodology
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Global competition is forcing manufacturing firms, designers, and customers to adopt life cycle costing methodology. The product life cycle costing (LCC) approach can help track and analyze the ... -
Model Selection Under Limited Information Using a Value-of-Information-Based Indicator
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Designers are continuously challenged by complexity, as well as by the excessive instantiation and execution times of models, particularly in the context of integrated product and materials design. ... -
Integrated Bayesian Hierarchical Choice Modeling to Capture Heterogeneous Consumer Preferences in Engineering Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Choice models play a critical role in enterprise-driven design by providing a link between engineering design attributes and customer preferences. However, existing approaches do not sufficiently ... -
Realizing Orthogonal Motions With Wire Flexures Connected in Parallel
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)In this paper, we study the type synthesis of wire flexures to achieve orthogonal motions by using a recently developed screw theory based design approach. For a given desired mobility pattern, ... -
A Computationally Assisted Methodology for Preference-Guided Conceptual Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)We present an interactive, computationally assisted, methodology for capturing and incorporating designer preferences into a numerical search for design concepts. An initial pool of manually created ... -
Design of Complex Engineered Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)Many past editorials have discussed definitions of design, pointing out the wide variation across individuals and industries. We adhere to a definition that recognizes design to be a matter of ... -
Topology and Constraint Analysis of Phase Change in the Metamorphic Chain and Its Evolved Mechanism
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper presents a metamorphic kinematic pair extracted from origami folds in the context of mechanisms, its evolved metamorphic chain, and the novel metamorphic parallel mechanism. This paper ... -
Experimental Investigation of Chain Link Forces in Continuously Variable Transmissions
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)This paper deals with the experimental analysis of link tension distribution in a chain type continuously variable transmission. We have developed an ad hoc measuring device constituted by a ... -
Systems and Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010)The Journal of Mechanical Design has a long history of publishing research work on system design. For example, “mechanical systems” was the term used primarily for JMD research papers on ... -
A Locking Compliant Device Inspired by the Anatomy of the Spine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)A device reminiscent of the mammalian spine has been designed and built with the ability to lock each individual joint in a string of ball joints. The assembly may be controlled in a manner ...