Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions

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    • Visualization of the Contact Force Solution Space for Multi-Limbed Robots 

      Dennis W. Hong; Raymond J. Cipra (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      A new analytical method for determining, describing, and visualizing the solution space for the contact force distribution of multi-limbed robots with three feet in contact with the environment ...

    • Three-Dimensional Assembly Synthesis for Robust Dimensional Integrity Based on Screw Theory 

      Byungwoo Lee; Kazuhiro Saitou (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      This paper presents a three-dimensional (3D) extension of our previous work on the synthesis of assemblies whose dimensional integrity is insensitive to the dimensional variations of individual ...

    • Adaptive Robotic Mechanical Systems: A Design Paradigm 

      Clément M. Gosselin (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      This paper aims at developing a general framework for the use of the concept of adaptive mechanical system in the design of advanced robotic devices. The concept of adaptive mechanical system ...

    • Extension of Graph Theory to the Duality Between Static Systems and Mechanisms 

      Offer Shai; Gordon R. Pennock (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      This paper is a study of the duality between the statics of a variety of structures and the kinematics of mechanisms. To provide insight into this duality, two new graph representations are ...

    • The Kinetostatic Optimization of Robotic Manipulators: The Inverse and the Direct Problems 

      Waseem A. Khan; Jorge Angeles (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      The design of a robotic manipulator begins with the dimensioning of its various links to meet performance specifications. However, a methodology for the determination of the manipulator architecture, ...

    • Mobility of Overconstrained Parallel Mechanisms 

      Jian S. Dai; Zhen Huang; Harvey Lipkin (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      The Kutzbach–Grübler mobility criterion calculates the degrees of freedom of a general mechanism. However, the criterion can break down for mechanisms with special geometries, and in particular, ...

    • Jacobian, Manipulability, Condition Number, and Accuracy of Parallel Robots 

      J. P. Merlet (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      Although the concepts of Jacobian matrix, manipulability, and condition number have existed since the very early beginning of robotics their real significance is not always well understood. In ...

    • A More General Mobility Criterion for Parallel Platforms 

      J. M. Rico; L. D. Aguilera; J. M. Barrera; J. Gallardo; R. Rodriguez; H. Orozco (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      This contribution presents a more general mobility criterion applicable to parallel platforms, unlike previously employed mobility criteria based on the well-known Kutzbach-Grübler criterion ...

    • On a Rigid Body Subject to Point-Plane Constraints 

      Charles W. Wampler (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      This paper investigates the location of a rigid body such that N specified points of the body lie on N given planes in space. Variants of this problem arise in kinematics, metrology, and ...

    • Workspaces of Cable-Actuated Parallel Manipulators 

      Ethan Stump; Vijay Kumar (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      This paper develops analytical techniques to delineate the workspace boundaries for parallel mechanisms with cables. In such mechanisms, it is not only necessary to solve the closure equations ...

    • Performance Modeling and Optimization of a Novel Multi-mode Hybrid Powertrain 

      Y. Zhang; C. Mi; H. Lin; B. Zhang (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      This paper presents a systematic model for the operation simulation and optimization of a novel multi-mode hybrid powertrain. The hybrid configuration proposed in the paper features a planetary ...

    • Spatial Kinematic Analysis of Threaded Fastener Assembly 

      Stephen Wiedmann; Bob Sturges (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      Compliant mechanisms for rigid part mating exist for prismatic geometries. A few instances are known of mechanisms to assemble screw threads. A comprehensive solution to this essentially geometric ...

    • A Full Kinematic Model of Thread-Starting for Assembly Automation Analysis 

      Stephen Wiedmann; Bob Sturges (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      This work addresses the geometry of threaded fastener insertion at a detailed level in order to determine the nature of contact between a bolt and nut during the initial phases of thread ...

    • Optimal Tolerance Allocation for a Sliding Vane Compressor 

      Yuan Mao Huang; Ching-Shin Shiau (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      An optimization model has been built with consideration of the required reliability, the minimum machining cost, and quality loss. The normal and the lognormal distributions of tolerances that ...

    • Decomposition-Based Assembly Synthesis of Space Frame Structures Using Joint Library 

      Naesung Lyu; Kazuhiro Saitou (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      This paper presents a method for identifying the optimal designs of components and joints in the space frame body structures of passenger vehicles considering structural characteristics, ...

    • Parallelism in Planar Manipulators: A Measure 

      A. C. Rao (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      Parallelism can be associated with every closed kinematic chain or its representative graph. Parallelism throws light on work space, rigidity, speed ratios (mechanical advantage), etc., and is ...

    • Error Analysis on Finite Element Modeling of Involute Spur Gears 

      Jian D. Wang; Ian M. Howard (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      Finite element analysis can incorporate two-dimensional (2D) modeling if the geometry, load, and boundary conditions meet the requirements. For many applications, a wide range of problems are ...

    • Teeth-Number Synthesis of a Multispeed Planetary Transmission Using an Estimation of Distribution Algorithm 

      P. A. Simionescu; D. Beale; G. V. Dozier (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      The gear-teeth number synthesis of an automatic planetary transmission used in automobiles is formulated as a constrained optimization problem that is solved with the aid of an Estimation of ...

    • Synthesis of Planar Parallel Mechanisms While Considering Workspace, Dexterity, Stiffness and Singularity Avoidance 

      Marc Arsenault; Roger Boudreau (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      It is a generally well-known fact that the design of parallel mechanisms while optimizing performance is quite difficult. In this paper, a reliable synthesis method capable of optimally selecting ...

    • Analytical Target Setting: An Enterprise Context in Optimal Product Design 

      Adam B. Cooper; Panayotis Georgiopoulos; Harrison M. Kim; Panos Y. Papalambros (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)
      In this article the process of rigorously setting supersystem targets in an enterprise context is explored as a model-based approach termed “analytical target setting.” Engineering design decisions ...