Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Blind Kriging: A New Method for Developing Metamodels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Kriging is a useful method for developing metamodels for product design optimization. The most popular kriging method, known as ordinary kriging, uses a constant mean in the model. In this ... -
Performance Analysis and Optimal Design of a 3-DOF 3-PRUR Parallel Mechanism
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)In this paper, a 3-DOF 3-PRUR parallel mechanism (PM) is chosen for performance analysis and optimal design. First, the mobility of the PM is analyzed by using screw theory. Then, the kinematics ... -
Probabilistic Analysis of MEMS Asymmetric Gear Tooth
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)Currently, there is an increased interest in the application of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gear drives. Additionally, requirements for transmitted power and related reliability issues have ... -
Discussion: “Kinematics of a New High-Precision Three-Degree-of-Freedom Parallel Manipulator” (Tahmasebi, F., 2007, ASME J. Mech. Des., 129, pp. 320–325)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)The author of Ref. 1 proposes a “new” high-precision three-degree-of-freedom parallel manipulator. The paper discusses the inverse and forward displacement solutions for the 3-P RS manipulator, ... -
Closure to “Discussion of ‘Kinematics of a New High-Precision Three-Degree-of-Freedom Parallel Manipulator’ ” (2008, ASME J. Mech. Des., 130, p. 035501)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)The manipulator discussed in the paper titled “Kinematics of a New High-Precision Three-Degree-of-Freedom Parallel Manipulator” (1) is a three-degree-of-freedom simplification of a six-degree-of-freedom ... -
Comparison of Molecular Simulation and Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model Predictions for a Carbon Nanotube–Based Compliant Parallel-Guiding Mechanism
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)We report on the accuracy of the pseudo-rigid-body model (PRBM) in predicting the behavior of a nanoscale parallel-guiding mechanism (nPGM) that uses two single-walled (5,5) carbon nanotubes ... -
Synthesis and Design of a Novel 3T1R Fully-Parallel Manipulator
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)In this paper a new topology of four degrees-of-freedom 3T1R fully-parallel manipulator is presented, which is defined only using lower kinematic pairs. The paper starts with a complete type ... -
Rotor Profile Design for the Twin-Screw Compressor Based on the Normal-Rack Generation Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)This paper proposes a method for designing the rotor profiles of twin-screw compressors using a rack defined in the normal plane. All tooth profile segments are explicitly defined as tangent ... -
Homing Strategy for a Redundantly Actuated Parallel Kinematic Machine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)In the homing process of a regular parallel kinematic machine (PKM), all servoaxes are independently driven to return to their homing positions. However, in a redundantly actuated PKM, the ... -
Optimal Choice of the Shaft Angle for Involute Gear Hobbing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)With reference to the machining of an involute spur or helical gear by the hobbing process, the paper suggests a new criterion for selecting the position of the hob axis relative to the ... -
Design Analysis and Synthesis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)What is design? Why is design “special?” And, is it really? -
An Algorithm for Analytically Calculating the Positions of the Secondary Instant Centers of Indeterminate Linkages
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)In a planar mechanism, the position of the instant centers reveals important pieces of information about its static and kinematic behaviors. Such pieces of information are useful for designing ... -
A Clustering-Based Surrogate Model Updating Approach to Simulation-Based Engineering Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)This paper addresses the critical issue of effectiveness and efficiency in simulation-based optimization using surrogate models as predictive models in engineering design. Specifically, it presents ... -
Optimal Product Portfolio Formulation by Merging Predictive Data Mining With Multilevel Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)This paper addresses two important fundamental areas in product family formulation that have recently begun to receive great attention. First is the incorporation of market demand that we address ... -
A Compliant Bistable Mechanism Design Incorporating Elastica Buckling Beam Theory and Pseudo-Rigid-Body Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)In this work, a new compliant bistable mechanism design is introduced. The combined use of pseudo-rigid-body model (PRBM) and the Elastica buckling theory is presented for the first time to ... -
Spherical Bistable Micromechanism
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)A new micromechanism, the spherical bistable micromechanism (SBM), is described. The SBM has several advantageous features, which include two stable positions that require power only in transitioning ... -
An Experimental Study of the Influence of Manufacturing Errors on the Planetary Gear Stresses and Planet Load Sharing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)In this paper, results of an experimental study are presented to describe the impact of certain types of manufacturing errors on gear stresses and the individual planet loads of an n-planet ... -
Design Innovation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)In the posted description of the scope and purpose of the Journal of Mechanical Design (JMD), we have included our interest in “design innovation papers.” I was curious to see what we have ... -
Bond Graph Based Automated Modeling for Computer-Aided Design of Dynamic Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)This paper introduces research leading to a computer-aided design tool in which engineering designers can test various design concepts (topologies) in an environment equipped to automatically model ... -
Dynamical Limit of Compliant Lever Mechanisms
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2008)The application of the mechanical energy conservation principle sets a dynamical limit to the performances of compliant lever mechanisms endowed with a positive definite strain energy. The limit ...