Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Editorial
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)This December issue not only marks the end of the year 2003, but it also ends the quarterly publication of the Journal of Mechanical Design. In January 2004, the journal begins bimonthly ... -
The FEM Analysis of Dry Contact in the Variable Torque Slipping Clutch With Skewed Rollers by Using Weighted Simplex and BFGS Methods
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)This paper describes an investigation of the dry contact problem in the variable torque slipping clutch with skewed rollers. The FEM based discretization of the integral equation of the Boussinesq ... -
Force Equilibrium Approach for Linearization of Constrained Mechanical System Dynamics
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)The purpose of this study is to derive a linearized form of dynamic equations for constrained mechanical systems. The governing equations for constrained mechanical systems are generally expressed ... -
Multidisciplinary Robust Design Optimization of an Internal Combustion Engine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)In this paper, we introduce a multidisciplinary robust design optimization formulation to evaluate uncertainty encountered in the design process. The formulation is a combination of the bi-level ... -
A Computational Approach to the Number of Synthesis of Linkages
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)This paper presents a number of systematically designed compliant topologies and discusses how the intrinsic kinematic behavior can be extracted from them. This is then applied to the number ... -
Active Balancing of a Flexible Linkage With Redundant Drives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)The dynamic balancing of flexible linkages, which is a challenging topic in the dynamics of mechanisms, is accomplished by active control with redundant drives for the first time in the present ... -
Pitch Cone Design and Avoidance of Contact Envelope and Tooth Undercutting for Conical Worm Gear Drives
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)This paper presents a systematic approach for the design, generation and analysis of conical worm gear drives. The approach is based on the mathematical formulations on the mesh, tooth generation ... -
Contact Stress for Toroidal Drive
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)Considering the elastic deformation of the rotor and the periodic change of the mesh teeth pair number, the calculation equations of the load distribution for the toroidal drive are presented. ... -
Single Plane Radial, Magnetic Bearings Biased With Poles Containing Permanent Magnets
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)Magnetic bearings biased with permanent magnets have lower coil resistance power losses, and the magnets can also be used to help support a constant side load. In this paper, the performance ... -
Dynamic Analysis of Impact Tools by Using a Method Based on Stress Wave Propagation and Impulse-Momentum Principle
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)We present a numerical method derived from the Impulse-Linear Momentum Principle that can be used in the design of impact tools for rock drilling. This method allows the prediction of energy ... -
Theoretical Modeling of Wire Dynamics and Failure Modes During Manufacture on a Double Twist Machine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)The problem of wire ballooning, or wire breakage, due to force imbalance is common during the production of wire on double twist machines. This paper examines the forces in wire during the ... -
Analytic Formulation of Reciprocal Screws and Its Application to Nonredundant Robot Manipulators
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)One of the most important and widely used concepts in the kinematic analysis of robot manipulators is the reciprocal screw. However, there are no general expressions and easy methods to obtain ... -
Distributed Object-Based Modeling in Design Simulation Marketplace
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)Predictive integrated system modeling is now a pressing issue in the design of complex products ranging from home air conditioners to automobiles and aircraft. While product development organizations ... -
A CAD/CAM Representation Model Applied to Tolerance Transfer Methods
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)This paper presents the adaptation of tolerance transfer techniques to a model called TTRS for Technologically and Topologically Related Surfaces. According to this model, any three-dimensional ... -
Kinematic Synthesis of a Spatial 3-RPS Parallel Manipulator
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)This paper presents the design of spatial 3-RPS parallel manipulators from dimensional synthesis point of view. Since a spatial 3-RPS manipulator has only 3 degrees of freedom, its end effector ... -
Dimensional Synthesis of Bennett Linkages
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)Three position synthesis of a spatial RR chain yields two solutions that can be assembled to form a Bennett linkage. In this paper, we show that the cylindroid associated with Bennett’s linkage ... -
Design Optimization of a Cartesian Parallel Manipulator
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)This paper introduces a 3-DOF translational parallel manipulator called Cartesian Parallel Manipulator (CPM). The manipulator consists of a moving platform that is connected to a fixed base by ... -
The Kinematics of a Class of 3-DOF, 4-Legged Parallel Manipulators
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)In this paper, a class of 3-DOF, 4-legged parallel manipulators are enumerated. The general architecture of such manipulators consists of a moving platform, a fixed base, and four supporting ... -
The Finite Screw System Associated With the Displacement of a Line
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)In determining the screw systems associated with incompletely specified displacements, the displacement of a line was known to be an exceptional case. Recent research has concluded that all ... -
Geometric Interpretation of the Derivatives of Parallel Robots’ Jacobian Matrix With Application to Stiffness Control
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)This paper presents a closed-form formulation and geometrical interpretation of the derivatives of the Jacobian matrix of fully parallel robots with respect to the moving platforms’ position/orientation ...