Journal of Mechanical Design: Recent submissions
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Towards Sustainable Integration: Techno-Economic Analysis and Future Perspectives of Co-Located Wind and Hydrogen Energy Systems
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)This article presents a comprehensive study that focuses on the techno-economic analysis of co-located wind and hydrogen energy integration within an integrated energy system (IES). The research investigates four distinct ... -
A Machine Learning–Based Tire Life Prediction Framework for Increasing Life of Commercial Vehicle Tires
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)In the commercial freight industry, tire retreading decisions are often conservative due to limited knowledge of a tire’s remaining service life. This practice leads to increased costs and material waste. This paper proposes ... -
Multi-Fidelity Design of Porous Microstructures for Thermofluidic Applications
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)As modern electronic devices are increasingly miniaturized and integrated, their performance relies more heavily on effective thermal management. In this regard, two-phase cooling methods which capitalize on thin-film ... -
Improved FORM and SORM Based on Improved Modified Symmetric Rank 1 Algorithm and Adaptive Kriging Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The first-order reliability method (FORM) is simple and efficient for solving structural reliability problems but may have large errors and converge slowly or even result in divergence when dealing with strongly nonlinear ... -
Development and Dynamic State Estimation for Robotic Knee–Ankle Orthosis With Shape Memory Alloy Actuators
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)The development of rehabilitation robots has long been an issue of increasing interest in a wide range of fields. An important aspect of the ongoing research field is applying flexible components to rehabilitation equipment ... -
Assessing the Manufacturability of Students’ Early-Stage Designs Based on Previous Experience With Traditional Manufacturing and Additive Manufacturing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)As additive manufacturing (AM) usage increases, designers who wish to maximize AM’s potential must reconsider the traditional manufacturing (TM) axioms they may be more familiar with. While research has previously investigated ... -
What Sets Proficient and Expert Users Apart? Results of a Computer-Aided Design Experiment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2023)As computer-aided design (CAD) tools have become an essential aspect of modern mechanical engineering design, the demand for CAD experts has increased significantly. The development from novice, to proficient, to expert ... -
An Overview of Uncertain Control Co-Design Formulations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 7/19/2023 )This article explores various uncertain control co-design (UCCD) problem formulations. While previous work offers formulations that are method-dependent and limited to only a handful of uncertainties (often from one ... -
Surrogate-Based Time-Dependent Reliability Analysis for a Digital Twin
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 7/18/2023 )A mature digital twin (DT) is supposed to enable engineers to accurately evaluate the real-time reliability of a complex engineering system. However, in practical engineering problems, reliability analysis (RA) often ... -
A Right-Hand Side Function Surrogate Model-Based Method for the Black-Box Dynamic Optimization Problem
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 6/15/2023 )When solving the black-box dynamic optimization problem (BDOP) in the sophisticated dynamic system, the finite difference technique requires significant computational efforts on numerous expensive system simulations to ... -
A Typology for Learning: Examining How Academic Makerspaces Support Learning for Students
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 7/18/2023 )While advances have been made in studying engineering design learning in the classroom, to date, such advances have not addressed hands-on, real-world learning experiences in university makerspaces. Our particular interest ... -
Compliant Joints Utilizing the Principle of Closed Form Pressure Balancing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 6/9/2023 1)Compliant joints have significant advantages compared to rigid-body hinges due to a monolithic design and the absence of friction, which prevents effects like wear, backlash, and stick-slip behavior. However, the loading ... -
Multi-Objective Optimal Design of a Cable-Driven Parallel Robot Based on an Adaptive Adjustment Inertia Weight Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 5/22/2023 )Cable-driven parallel robots (CDPRs) have been widely used in engineering fields because of their significant advantages including high load-bearing capacity, large workspace, and low inertia. However, the impact of ... -
Can We Get an Intervention, Please? The Utility of Teaming Interventions on Engineering Design Student Psychological Safety
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 5/30/2023 )Research on psychological safety has been growing in recent years due to its role in promoting creativity and innovation since teams with high levels of psychological safety feel safe to express ideas and opinions. However, ... -
An Efficient Reliability Analysis Method Based on the Improved Radial Basis Function Neural Network
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 6/15/2023 )This paper develops an efficient reliability analysis method based on the improved radial basis function neural network (RBFNN) to increase the accuracy and efficiency of structural reliability analysis. To solve the ... -
A Dimension Selection-Based Constrained Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithm Using a Combination of Artificial Intelligence Methods
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 6/9/2023 1)The computational cost of modern simulation-based optimization tends to be prohibitive in practice. Complex design problems often involve expensive constraints evaluated through finite element analysis or other computationally ... -
A 3D Structure Mapping-Based Efficient Topology Optimization Framework
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 5/30/2023 )It is well known that the computational cost of classic topology optimization (TO) methods increases rapidly with the size of the design problem because of the high-dimensional numerical simulation required at each iteration. ... -
Manufacturing-Cost-Driven Topology Optimization of Welded Frame Structures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 5/22/2023 )This work presents a method for the topology optimization of welded frame structures to minimize the manufacturing cost. The structures considered here consist of assemblies of geometric primitives such as bars and plates ... -
Design, Analysis, and Experiment of the Origami Robot Based on Spherical-Linkage Parallel Mechanism
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 5/18/2023 )Origami robot is a hotspot for research in the field of soft robot. However, there are still some major limitations to their application. This study proposed an origami robot based on spherical-linkage parallel mechanism ... -
Hit, Miss, or Error? Predicting Errors in Design Decision Making for Radically Innovative Ideas Using Individual Attributes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 6/9/2023 1)Researchers and practitioners alike agree that for companies to survive and thrive they must develop and support radical innovation. However, these ideas are complex and risky, and not all succeed. Because of this, decision ...