Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Automatic Undercut Feature Recognition for Side Core Design of Injection Molds
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)For any undercut region of a plastic molded part, a side core has to be designed to form the complex geometry while avoiding the interference between the injection mold and the plastic molded ... -
Application of Plasticity Theory and Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation to Flexible Multibody System Dynamics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)The objective of this investigation is to develop a nonlinear finite element formulation for the elastic-plastic analysis of flexible multibody systems. The Lagrangian plasticity theory based on ... -
Elimination of Redundant Cut Joint Constraints for Multibody System Models
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)The problem of dependent cut joint constraints for kinematic loops in rigid multibody systems is addressed. The constraints are reduced taking into account the subalgebra generated by the screw ... -
Path Curvature of the Single Flier Eight-Bar Linkage
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)This paper presents a graphical technique to locate the center of curvature of the path traced by an arbitrary coupler point of the single flier eight-bar linkage. The first step is to locate ... -
Multi-Objective Optimization of the Handling Performances of a Road Vehicle: A Fundamental Study on Tire Selection
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)The optimization of the handling behavior of road vehicles is dealt with in this paper. Both a linear and a nonlinear model have been considered. A number of analytical solutions to the ... -
Injection System Design Optimization by Considering Fuel Spray Characteristics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)This paper considers optimal design of an electronic control diesel fuel injection system by considering fuel spray characteristics. The proposed design procedure relies on the assumption that ... -
Torque and Angle Controlled Tightening Over the Yield Point of a Screw—Based on Monte-Carlo Simulations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)This paper presents a technique, based on Monte-Carlo simulations, of utilizing a screw over its yield point in a controlled fashion, even under simple tightening conditions. The simulations ... -
A General Formulation for Designing Interference-Fit Joints With Elastic-Plastic Components
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)A general approach for designing interference-fit joints constituted of elastic-plastic components is presented. The wide applicability range of the method was achieved removing restrictive assumptions ... -
An Investigation of Nonlinearity of Reliability-Based Design Optimization Approaches
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)Because deterministic optimum designs obtained without taking uncertainty into account could lead to unreliable designs, a reliability-based approach to design optimization is preferable using a ... -
A Framework for Flexible Systems and Its Implementation in Multiattribute Decision Making
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)In this paper, a framework for the concept of flexibility in complex system design is presented. This is one of the first of many steps toward developing new design methods for designers ... -
Modeling Spatial Displacements Using Clifford Algebra
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)This paper looks at the use of a Clifford (or geometric) algebra for handling both rotations and translations in Euclidean space. The algebra is constructed over the real numbers using four ... -
A Document Analysis Method for Characterizing Design Team Performance
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)The premise of this research is that the engineering design process is partially driven by achieving consensus and reconciling points of view among team members. Characterizing the quality of ... -
Non-Gradient Based Parameter Sensitivity Estimation for Single Objective Robust Design Optimization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)We present a method for estimating the parameter sensitivity of a design alternative for use in single objective robust design optimization. The method is non-gradient based: it is applicable ... -
Comparison of Probability and Possibility for Design Against Catastrophic Failure Under Uncertainty
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)This paper compares probabilistic and possibility-based methods for design under uncertainty. It studies the effect of the amount of data about uncertainty on the effectiveness of each method. ... -
New Analytical Model of Bolted Joints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)The conventional theory of bolted joints adopts equivalent cylinders, cones or spheres for compression members. In this model, the member deformation is determined by the member stiffness that ... -
Analysis, Design, and Modeling of a Rotary Vane Engine (RVE)
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)This paper introduces a mathematical model to analyze the dynamic behavior of a novel rotary vane engine (RVE). The RVE can be considered to have a number of advantages when compared to a ... -
Analysis of Fully Reversed Sequences of Rotations of a Free Rigid Body
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)A fully reversed (FR) sequence of rotations is defined as a series of rotations of a free rigid body about its body-fixed axes such that the rotation about each axis is fully reversed at ... -
The Qualitative Synthesis of Parallel Manipulators
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)As shown in this paper, when designing parallel manipulators for tasks involving less than six degrees of freedom, the topology can be laid out by resorting to qualitative reasoning. More ... -
Forward Problem Singularities of Manipulators Which Become PS-2RS or 2PS-RS Structures When the Actuators are Locked
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)The instantaneous forward problem (IFP) singularities of a parallel manipulator (PM) must be determined during the manipulator design and avoided during the manipulator operation, because they are ... -
Stiffness Modeling of the Soft-Finger Contact in Robotic Grasping
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004)This paper investigates the soft-finger contact by presenting the contact with a set of line springs based on screw theory, reveals the rotational effects, and identifies the stiffness properties ...