Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions

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    • Dynamics of Rotary Vane Engine 

      B. V. Librovich (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      This paper broadly discusses aspects of the novel Rotary Vane Engine (RVE). It also considers, in detail, the geometrical structure of work unit and the entire engine. The rigorous mathematical ...

    • Investigation into the Effect of the Nut Thread Run-Out on the Stress Distribution in a Bolt Using the Finite Element Method 

      J. W. Hobbs; R. L. Burguete; E. A. Patterson (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      By means of comparing results from finite element analysis and photoelasticity, the salient characteristics of a finite element model of a nut and bolt have been established. A number of ...

    • Optimization of the Closure-Weld Region of Cylindrical Containers for Long-Term Corrosion Resistance Using the Successive Heuristic Quadratic Approximation Technique* 

      Zekai Ceylan; Senior Mechanical Engineer; Mohamed B. Trabia (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      Welded cylindrical containers are susceptible to stress corrosion cracking (SCC) in the closure-weld area. An induction coil heating technique may be used to relieve the residual stresses in the ...

    • A Study of Early Stage Self-Loosening of Bolted Joints 

      Yanyao Jiang; Chu-Hwa Lee; Ming Zhang (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      Both experimental investigation and finite element analysis were conducted to explore the mechanisms for the early stage self-loosening of bolted joints under transverse cyclic loading. The nuts ...

    • On the Bases of Wrench Spaces for the Kinematic and Dynamic Analysis of Mechanisms 

      Koichi Sugimoto (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      The aim of this paper is to find out a computational procedure for the kinematic and dynamic analysis of a mechanism with multiple loops having motion spaces of a Lie algebra or Lie algebras. ...

    • Development and Validation of an S-N Based Two Phase Bending Fatigue Life Prediction Model 

      Avinash Singh (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      The stress-life (S-N) method along with the Palmgren-Miner cumulative damage theory is the simplest and the most commonly used fatigue life prediction technique. Its main advantage is that the ...

    • An Approach to Decision-Based Design With Discrete Choice Analysis for Demand Modeling 

      Henk Jan Wassenaar; Graduate Assistant; Wei Chen (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      In this paper, we present the importance of using a single criterion approach to Decision-Based Design (DBD) by examining the limitations of multicriteria approaches. We propose in this paper ...

    • Decomposition-Based Assembly Synthesis for Structural Stiffness 

      Naesung Lyu; Kazuhiro Saitou (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      This paper presents a method that systematically decomposes product geometry into a set of components considering the structural stiffness of the end product. A structure is represented as a ...

    • Decomposition-Based Assembly Synthesis for In-Process Dimensional Adjustability 

      Byungwoo Lee; Graduate Student Research Assistant; Kazuhiro Saitou (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      This paper presents a method of assembly synthesis focused on the in-process adjustability, where assembly synthesis is defined as the decomposition of the end product design prior to the ...

    • Discrete Event Simulation Implemented in a Virtual Environment 

      Jason Kelsick; Lori Buhr; Cheryl Moller; Judy M. Vance (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      Virtual reality (VR) technology provides a human-computer interface that allows participants to interact naturally with digital objects which are represented as three-dimensional images that occupy ...

    • Solid Model Reconstruction of Wireframe CAD Models Based on Topological Embeddings of Planar Graphs 

      Keisuke Inoue; Kenji Shimada; Karthick Chilaka (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      This paper describes a robust and versatile method based on graph embedding for reconstructing a solid model from a wireframe model. The robustness and versatility of the conventional methods ...

    • Target Cascading in Optimal System Design 

      Hyung Min Kim; Research Fellow; Tao Jiang; Supervisor; Nestor F. Michelena; Research Scientist; Panos Y. Papalambros (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      Target cascading is a key challenge in the early product development stages of large complex artifacts: how to propagate the desirable top level design specifications (or targets) to appropriate ...

    • Analytical Target Cascading in Automotive Vehicle Design 

      Hyung Min Kim; Research Fellow; D. Geoff Rideout; Panos Y. Papalambros; Jeffrey L. Stein (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      Target cascading in product development is a systematic effort to propagate the desired top-level system design targets to appropriate specifications for subsystems and components in a consistent ...

    • Solution Selectors: A User-Oriented Answer to the Multiple Solution Problem in Constraint Solving 

      Bernhard Bettig; Jami Shah (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      The development of solid modeling to represent the geometry of designed parts and the development of parametric modeling to control the size and shape have had significant impacts on the ...

    • Physics-Based Modeling for Heterogeneous Objects 

      Xiaoping Qian; Debasish Dutta (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      Heterogeneous objects are composed of different constituent materials. In these objects, material properties from different constituent materials are synthesized into one part. Therefore, heterogeneous ...

    • The Synthesis of Elliptical Gears Generated by Shaper-Cutters 

      Giorgio Figliolini; Jorge Angeles (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      The synthesis of elliptical gears is formulated using envelope theory by means of a suitable shaper-cutter with involute tooth profile. A general algorithm producing the pitch curves of elliptical ...

    • Theory of Machines and Mechanisms 

      John J. Uicker; J. Michael McCarthy; Gordon R. Pennock; Joseph E. Shigley (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      Theory of Mechanisms by John J. Uicker, Gordon R. Pennock and Joseph E. Shigley, 3rd Edition. Oxford Press, 2003

    • In Memoriam: Dr. Lung–Wen Tsai 

      Bahram Ravani (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
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    • Error Analysis for the In-Situ Fabrication of Mechanisms 

      Sanjay Rajagopalan; Mark Cutkosky (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      Fabrication techniques like Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF), or Layered Manufacturing, enable the manufacture of completely pre-assembled mechanisms (i.e. those that require no explicit component ...

    • Elastic Plastic Finite Element Analysis of Bolted Joint During Tightening Process 

      Toshimichi Fukuoka; Tomohiro Takaki; Research Associate (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      Mechanical behavior of bolted joints during the tightening process with torque control is analyzed by FEM as elastic plastic contact problems. Three-dimensional analysis was conducted employing ...