Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Identifying and Counting the Number of Mechanisms From Kinematic Chains Subject to Design Constraints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)An approach is presented, based on combinatorial theory, for the complete enumeration of nonisomorphic mechanisms precisely from kinematic chains. And, based on the permutation groups, the concept ... -
Effective Product Family Design Using Preference Aggregation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)The development of product families, groups of products that share a common platform, is one way to provide product variety while keeping design and production costs low. The design of a ... -
Robust and Reliability-Based Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)The idea behind this special supplement came out of discussions with the Editor, Dr. Michael McCarthy, about the need to present some recent advances in the area of risk-based and robust ... -
Closure to “Discussion of ‘Kinematics of the Translational 3-URC Mechanism’ ” (2006, ASME J. Mech. Des., 128, pp. 812–813)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Kong and Gosselin (1), with reference to what this author wrote in (2), disagree on the following two points: (i) the inverse position analysis (IPA) of the translational 3-URC has only one ... -
Building Surrogate Models Based on Detailed and Approximate Simulations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Preliminary design of a complex system often involves exploring a broad design space. This may require repeated use of computationally expensive simulations. To ease the computational burden, ... -
A Formal Approach to Handling Conflicts in Multiattribute Group Decision Making
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Supporting the decision of a group in engineering design is a challenging and complicated problem when issues like consensus and compromise must be taken into account. In this paper, we present ... -
Topology and Dimensional Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms Using Discrete Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)A unified approach to topology and dimensional synthesis of compliant mechanisms is presented in this paper as a discrete optimization problem employing both discrete (topology) and continuous ... -
Design Space of Single-Loop Planar Folded Micro Mechanisms With Out-of-Plane Motion
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are usually fabricated using planar processing methods such as surface micromachining, bulk micromachining, or LIGA-type fabrication. If a micro mechanism is ... -
Design of a Passive Gravity-Balanced Assistive Device for Sit-to-Stand Tasks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)A sit-to-stand assist device can serve the needs of people suffering from muscle weakness due to age or disabilities that make sit-to-stand a difficult functional task. The objective of this ... -
Design of a Compliant Mechanism to Modify an Actuator Characteristic to Deliver a Constant Output Force
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Topology and size optimization methods are used to design compliant mechanisms that produce a constant output force for a given actuator characteristic of linearly decreasing force versus ... -
Dynamics and Control of a Helicopter Carrying a Payload Using a Cable-Suspended Robot
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)In this paper we present a study of the dynamics and control of a helicopter carrying a payload through a cable-suspended robot. The helicopter can perform gross motion, while the cable ... -
Effect of the Wheel Geometric Design on the Nonlinear Dynamics of Railroad Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)The effect of the geometry of a wheel profile that allows only a single point of contact with the rail is investigated in this study. The local geometric properties of this profile are ... -
Comparative Analysis of Tooth-Root Strength Using ISO and AGMA Standards in Spur and Helical Gears With FEM-based Verification
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)Current trends in engineering globalization require researchers to revisit various normalized standards that determine “best practices” in industries. This paper presents comparative analysis of ... -
Optimum Gear Tooth Geometry for Minimum Fillet Stress Using BEM and Experimental Verification With Photoelasticity
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)This paper introduces the concept of nondimensional gear teeth to be used in gear stress minimization problems. The proposed method of modeling reduces the computational time significantly when ... -
CVT Rolling Traction Drives—A Review of Research Into Their Design, Functionality, and Modeling
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)In this paper we detail a review of the current state of published work regarding the modeling of rolling traction drive Continuously Variable Transmissions (CVTs). An overview of CVTs operating ... -
Kinematic Synthesis for Finitely Separated Positions Using Geometric Constraint Programming
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)This paper presents an original approach to the kinematic synthesis of planar mechanisms for finitely separated positions. The technique, referred to here as geometric constraint programming, uses ... -
An Approach for Testing Methods for Modeling Uncertainty
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)To address the need for efficient and unbiased experimental testing of methods for modeling uncertainty that are used for decision making, we devise an approach for probing weaknesses of these ... -
Product Design Selection With Preference and Attribute Variability for an Implicit Value Function
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)An important aspect of engineering product design selection is the inevitable presence of variability in the selection process. There are mainly two types of variability: variability in the ... -
Computation of Member Stiffness in the Design of Bolted Joints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)In designing bolted connections in machinery applications, it is necessary to estimate the stiffness of the clamped members. The method of Wileman et al. (, , and , 1991, ASME J. of Mech. ... -
The Effects of Oblique Running and Ideal Motion on Stress Analysis of Bridge Crane Wheels
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2006)In this study, the effects of oblique running and ideal motion on the stresses of bridge crane wheels were examined. The stresses on the crane wheels were calculated using the rotation angles ...