Journal of Mechanical Design

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GUEST EDITORIAL: DESIGN OF COMPLEX ENGINEERED SYSTEMS

12/1/2010 Author(s): Bloebaum, C.L, McGowan, A.M.R., Volume: 132(12) – December, 2010 Many past editorials have discussed definitions of design, pointing out the wide variation across individuals and industries. We adhere to a definition that recognizes design to be a matter of making rational decisions regarding available alternatives in order to achieve one’s stated preference. In an upcoming special […]

SYSTEMS AND DESIGN

12/1/2010 Author: Panos Y. Papalambros Volume: 132(12) – December, 2010 The Journal of Mechanical Design has a long history of publishing research work on system design. For example, “mechanical systems” was the term used primarily for JMD research papers on multi-body dynamics that has now mostly migrated to the ASME transactions journals on computational and nonlinear dynamics or […]