Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions

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    • Analysis and Design of a Spherical Micromechanism With Flexure Hinges 

      Massimo Callegari; Alessandro Cammarata; Andrea Gabrielli; Maurizio Ruggiu; Rosario Sinatra (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      The article describes the design of a robotic wrist able to perform spherical motions: Its mechanical architecture is based on parallel kinematics and is suitable to be realized at the mini- ...

    • Optimization of Engine Torque Management Under Uncertainty for Vehicle Driveline Clunk Using Time-Dependent Metamodels 

      Daniel Wehrwein; Zissimos P. Mourelatos (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      Quality and performance are two important customer requirements in vehicle design. Driveline clunk negatively affects the perceived quality and must be minimized. This can be achieved using engine ...

    • A Systematic Model for Dynamics and Control of Dual Clutch Transmissions 

      Yonggang Liu; Hong Jiang; Yi Zhang; Datong Qin (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      This paper focuses on the dynamic modeling and analysis of dry dual clutch transmissions (DCTs) during vehicle launch and shifts. The system model incorporates the clutch torque control strategies ...

    • Crashworthiness Design Using Topology Optimization 

      Neal M. Patel; Andrés Tovar; Byung-Soo Kang; John E. Renaud (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      Crashworthiness design is an evolving discipline that combines vehicle crash simulation and design synthesis. The goal is to increase passenger safety subject to manufacturing cost constraints. ...

    • Engineering Design, 4th edition 

      George E. Dieter; SHAPOUR AZARM; Linda C. Schmidt (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      Engineering Design, 4th edition,. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2009, ISBN: 978-0-07-283703-2

    • A New Service: Archiving Supplemental Material to Journal Publication 

      Panos Y. Papalambros (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      In my May 2008 editorial, I had mentioned our desire to offer more archiving publication options for materials that exceed the current presentation capabilities of the journal as a print medium. ...

    • Modeling the Design Process of Product Variants With Timed Colored Petri Nets 

      Qianli Xu; Jianxin (Roger) Jiao (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      The design process of product variants involves complicated task planning that needs to leverage a number of design activities and resources. A comprehensive product variant design process model ...

    • Modeling of a Cartwheel Flexural Pivot 

      Bi Shusheng; Zhao Hongzhe; Yu Jingjun (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      A cartwheel flexural pivot has a small center shift as a function of loading and ease of manufacturing. This paper addresses an accurate model that includes the loading cases of a bending ...

    • Kinematic and Dynamic Analyses of Tripod Sliding Universal Joints 

      X. F. Wang; D. G. Chang (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      The kinematic and dynamic equations of the tripod sliding universal joint were established in order to understand the kinematic and dynamic properties thereof, and then the effects of the joint ...

    • Reliability Based Design Optimization of MEMS Considering Pull-In 

      Michael Raulli; Kurt Maute (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      The increased use of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) as key components for actuation and sensing purposes in novel devices and systems emphasizes the need for optimal design methods. ...

    • Analysis of General Characteristics of Transmission Error of Gears With Convex Modification of Tooth Flank Form Considering Elastic Deformation Under Load 

      Edzrol Niza Mohamad; Suping Fang; Masaharu Komori; Hiroaki Murakami; Aizoh Kubo (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      The vibration/noise of power transmission gears is a serious problem for vehicles including automobiles, and therefore many studies on gear vibration have been reported. These studies, however, ...

    • A Multicolumn Envelope Meshing Pair for Single Screw Compressors 

      Weifeng Wu; Quanke Feng (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      This paper introduces a new meshing pair profile envelope by multicolumn in single screw compressors. The screw groove flank of the new meshing pair is a multisegment surface, and the star-wheel ...

    • Journal Articles and Conference Proceedings: Deontology and a Bit of History 

      Panos Y. Papalambros (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      You may have noticed that the complete name of our journal is Transactions of the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design. We refer to it simply as “JMD” for convenience and a bit for branding ...

    • Topology Synthesis of Extrusion-Based Nonlinear Transient Designs 

      Neal M. Patel; Charles L. Penninger; John E. Renaud (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      Many practical structural designs require that the structure is easily manufactured. Design concepts synthesized using conventional topology optimization methods are typically not easily manufactured, ...

    • Tooth Profile Generation and Analysis of Crowned Elliptical Gears 

      Biing-Wen Bair (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      This study develops a crowned elliptical gear drive that prevents edge contact when an elliptical gear drive has axial misalignment. According to the theory of gearing and a gear-generation ...

    • The Effect of Configuration in the Design of Geared Transmission Systems 

      A. V. Olver (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      It has been widely observed that the mass (or weight) and cost of geared transmission systems is a relatively simple function of the maximum continuous torques to be transmitted. This fact ...

    • Quantifying Aesthetic Form Preference in a Utility Function 

      Seth Orsborn; Jonathan Cagan; Peter Boatwright (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      One of the greatest challenges in product development is creating a form that is aesthetically attractive to an intended market audience. Market research tools, such as consumer surveys, are ...

    • Integrated Product and Process Design for a Flapping Wing Drive Mechanism 

      Wojciech Bejgerowski; Satyandra K. Gupta; Arvind Ananthanarayanan; Dominik Mueller (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      Successful realization of a flapping wing micro-air vehicle (MAV) requires development of a light weight drive mechanism that can convert the continuous rotary motion of the motor into oscillatory ...

    • Practical Implementation of Robust Design Assisted by Response Surface Approximation and Visual Data-Mining 

      Koji Shimoyama; Masataka Koishi; Jin Ne Lim; Shinkyu Jeong; Shigeru Obayashi (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      A new approach for multi-objective robust design optimization was proposed and applied to a practical design problem with a large number of objective functions. The present approach is assisted ...

    • Nonlinear Algebraic Reduction for Snap-Fit Simulation 

      Kavous Jorabchi; Krishnan Suresh (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2009)
      Snap-fits are often preferred over other traditional methods of assembly since they reduce part count, assembly/disassembly time, and manufacturing cost. A typical simulation of a snap-fit assembly ...