Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions

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    • On the Design of Spring-Actuated Mechanism for 69KV SF6 Gas Insulated Circuit Breaker 

      Fu-Chen Chen (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2003)
      This paper studies the design of a spring-actuated mechanism of 69KV SF6 Gas insulated circuit breakers. The creative mechanism design method is first used to synthesize all the feasible ...

    • IN MEMORIAM 

      Kwun-Lon Ting (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      Grahic Jump Location

    • Erratum: “Theoretical Stress Concentration Factors for Short Rectangular Plates With Centered Circular Holes” [ASME J. Mech. Des., 124, No. 1, pp. 126–128] 

      N. Troyani; C. Gomes; G. Sterlacci (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      1. Some of the labels in Fig. 1 are incomplete. They should read as follows: L/w=0.3, L/w=0.4, L/w=0.5, L/w=0.6 and L/w=0.7, L/w=0.8, L/w=0.9, L/w=1.0, L/w=1.1, L/w=1.2, L/w=1.4, L/w=2.5 and 5.

    • Editorial 

      Prof. Lung-Wen Tsai (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      I would like to thank Drs. Justin Gao and Judy Vance for their services as Associate Editors of the Journal of Mechanical Design during the last three years. I am pleased to inform you of ...

    • Theoretical Stress Concentration Factors for Short Rectangular Plates With Centered Circular Holes 

      N. Troyani; C. Gomes; G. Sterlacci (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      This work shows that the theoretical stress concentration factor depends on the length of the member in addition to the established other standard geometric parameters. In particular, the in-plane ...

    • Extracting Articulation Models from CAD Models of Parts With Curved Surfaces 

      Rajarishi Sinha; ASME Student Mem.; Satyandra K. Gupta; ASME Mem.; Christiaan J. J. Paredis; ASME Mem.; Pradeep K. Khosla; ASME Mem. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      In an assembly, degrees of freedom are realized by creating mating features that permit relative motion between parts. In complex assemblies, interactions between individual degrees of freedom ...

    • A Grammar Driven Data Translation System for Computer Integrated Manufacturing 

      Glen L. Niebur; Thomas R. Chase (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      The ability to share data among the numerous software applications used to design and analyze products is an important aspect of computer integrated manufacturing. In the past, data sharing has ...

    • Dynamic Loading of Synchronous Belts 

      Tomas Johannesson; Martin Distner (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      In automotive timing belt drives friction history effects must be taken into concern due to rapidly changing loads. Here a spring based model capable of handling dynamic load conditions is ...

    • Valve Gear Refinement 

      Jurij Avsec; Milan Marcic; Maks Oblak; ASME Mem (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      This paper describes a new type of valve gear cam—MULTICAM—which consists of seven curves and allows an optimum cam profile design. In order to calculate the cinematic and dynamic values and ...

    • Deformation and Bending Stress Analysis of a Three-dimensional, Thin-rimmed Gear 

      Shuting Li (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      This paper analyzed the deformations and bending stresses of a three-dimensional (3D), thin-rimmed gear (TRG) through using the finite element method (FEM) and a whole gear deformation model. ...

    • On Pressure Distributions of Drum Brakes 

      Yuan Mao Huang; J. S. Shyr; Research Assistant (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      Based on the assumptions that there is perfect contact at the interface between the brake drum and the lining plates, the friction coefficient is constant, the thermal effect is neglected, and ...

    • Dynamic Behavior of Twin-Piece Vane Machine 

      Ma Guoyuan; Yu Yongzhang; Yan Qisen (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      This paper describes a twin-piece vane machine which has freely movable double vanes assembled in each slot machined in the rotor providing double seal lines between the vane tips and the ...

    • On the Beneficial Effects of Anti-Squat in Rear Suspension Design of a Drag Racing Motorcycle 

      Paul C. Wiers; Anoop K. Dhingra (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      In the drag racing environment, maximizing tractive effort is essential to competitive performance. Anti-squat is a transient vehicle suspension parameter which can dramatically affect tractive ...

    • Finite Element Analysis of a Computer Hard Disk Drive Under Shock 

      Chen-Chi Lin (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      Shock of computer hard disk drives (HDD) in both portable and desktop computers is a common problem. Shock of an HDD can occur during installing the HDD into the computer, HDD testing, HDD ...

    • Using Dynamic Analysis for Compact Gear Design 

      Ping-Hsun Lin; Fred B. Oswald; Dennis P. Townsend; Hsiang Hsi Lin (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      This paper presents procedures for designing compact spur gear sets with the objective of minimizing the gear size. The allowable tooth stress and dynamic response are incorporated in the process ...

    • A New Optimization Method for Dynamic Design of Planar Linkage With Clearances at Joints—Optimizing the Mass Distribution of Links to Reduce the Change of Joint Forces 

      B. Feng; Research Associate; N. Morita; T. Torii (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      This paper presents a new optimization method for dynamic design of planar linkage with clearances at joints. The general consideration is to optimize the mass distribution of links to reduce ...

    • Static and Dynamic Tooth Loading in Spur and Helical Geared Systems-Experiments and Model Validation 

      S. Baud; P. Velex (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      The primary objective of this study is to validate a specific finite element code aimed at simulating dynamic tooth loading in geared rotor systems. Experiments have been conducted on a ...

    • An Automatic Method for Finding the Assembly Configurations of Planar Non-Single-Input-Dyadic Mechanisms 

      D. E. Foster; Graduate Assistant; ASME Assoc. Mem.; R. J. Cipra; ASME Mem. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      This paper examines the problem of identifying the assembly configurations (ACs), also called circuits, of planar non-single-input-dyadic (NSID) mechanisms. An SID mechanism is a multi-loop mechanism ...

    • On the Reverse of One Property of Involute Gears 

      Michel Fayet (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      The author deals with the property of involute gears according to which the velocity ratio is constant for any distance between axes. It is known that the involute is the only shape which ...

    • A Polynomial Equation for a Coupler Curve of the Double Butterfly Linkage 

      Gordon R. Pennock; Atif Hasan; Test Engineer (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2002)
      This paper presents a closed-form polynomial equation for the path of a point fixed in the coupler links of the single degree-of-freedom eight-bar linkage commonly referred to as the double ...