Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Wear Calculation for Toroidal Drive
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)In this paper, by analyzing relative motion relationship of the toroidal drive, the lengths of the sliding arc and the rolling arc of the stator, worm, and planet are given. The formulas of ... -
Optimal Subassembly Partitioning of Space Frame Structures for In-Process Dimensional Adjustability and Stiffness
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)A method for optimally synthesizing multicomponent structural assemblies of an aluminum space frame (ASF) vehicle body is presented, which simultaneously considers structural stiffness, manufacturing ... -
A Topology Optimization Problem in Control of Structures Using Modal Disparity
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Modal disparity and a topology optimization problem seeking to maximize this disparity are introduced, with the goal of developing a new methodology for control of vibration in flexible structures. ... -
Engaging Children in Engineering Design Through Popular Media
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)We submit that there is currently an urgent need to educate the public about engineering and attract talented people to the profession. Further, we argue that such efforts are most effective ... -
Multi-position Dimensional Synthesis of a Spatial 3-RPS Parallel Manipulator
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)This paper presents dimensional synthesis of a 3 degrees of freedom (DOF) spatial 3-revolute-prismatic-spherical (RPS) parallel manipulator. Tsai and Kim ((2003) ASME J. Mech. Des., 125, pp. ... -
Automated Conceptual Design of Mechanisms Using Improved Morphological Matrix
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Conceptual design of mechanisms has attracted a number of research efforts in recent years due to its significance in product development. However, existing approaches for automated conceptual ... -
Risk-Based Decision-Making for Managing Resources During the Design of Complex Space Exploration Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Complex space exploration systems are often designed in collaborative engineering environments where requirements and design decisions by various subsystem engineers have a great impact on the ... -
A Comparative Study of Optimal Design for an Inkjet Printer Tube With and Without Performance Variations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)As a new generation of printing technology, thermal inkjet (TIJ) has been widely adopted to meet the increasing demand for high printing quality and efficiency at an affordable price. High air ... -
Understanding the Effects of Model Uncertainty in Robust Design With Computer Experiments
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)The use of computer experiments and surrogate approximations (metamodels) introduces a source of uncertainty in simulation-based design that we term model interpolation uncertainty. Most existing ... -
A Methodology to Manage System-level Uncertainty During Conceptual Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Current design decisions must be made while considering uncertainty in both models of the design and inputs to the design. In most cases, high fidelity models are used with the assumption ... -
Managing the Collection of Information Under Uncertainty Using Information Economics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)An important element of successful engineering design is the effective management of resources to support design decisions. Design decisions can be thought of as having two phases—a formulation ... -
The Value of Using Imprecise Probabilities in Engineering Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Engineering design decisions inherently are made under risk and uncertainty. The characterization of this uncertainty is an essential step in the decision process. In this paper, we consider ... -
Implicit Uncertainty Propagation for Robust Collaborative Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)In this research we develop a mathematical construct for estimating uncertainties within the bilevel optimization framework of collaborative optimization. The collaborative optimization strategy ... -
Probabilistic Analytical Target Cascading: A Moment Matching Formulation for Multilevel Optimization Under Uncertainty
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Analytical target cascading (ATC) is a methodology for hierarchical multilevel system design optimization. In previous work, the deterministic ATC formulation was extended to account for random ... -
Inclusion of Model Errors in Reliability-Based Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)This paper proposes a methodology to estimate errors in computational models and to include them in reliability-based design optimization (RBDO). Various sources of uncertainties, errors, and ... -
Possibility-Based Design Optimization Method for Design Problems With Both Statistical and Fuzzy Input Data
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)The reliability based design optimization (RBDO) method is prevailing in stochastic structural design optimization by assuming the amount of input data is sufficient enough to create accurate ... -
Robust Design of Compressor Fan Blades Against Erosion
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)This paper is concerned with robust aerodynamic design of compressor blades against erosion. The proposed approach combines a multiobjective genetic algorithm with geometry modeling methods, ... -
Multi-Objective Single Product Robust Optimization: An Integrated Design and Marketing Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)We present an integrated design and marketing approach to facilitate the generation of an optimal robust set of product design alternatives to carry forward to the prototyping stage. The approach ... -
Safety Envelope for Load Tolerance and its Application to Fatigue Reliability Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)In this paper, a safety envelope concept for load tolerance is introduced. This shows the capacity of the current design as a future reference for design upgrade, maintenance, and control. The ... -
A Design Optimization Method Using Evidence Theory
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Early in the engineering design cycle, it is difficult to quantify product reliability or compliance to performance targets due to insufficient data or information to model uncertainties. Probability ...