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Special Issue: Selected Papers for IDETC-CIE 2021 – April 2022

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, Volume 144, Issue 4

RESEARCH PAPERS

Design Theory and Methodology

So You Think Your System Is Complex?: Why and How Existing Complexity Measures Rarely Agree 

Anthony HennigTaylan G. TopcuZoe Szajnfarber

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, 144(4): 041401. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052701

If a Picture is Worth 1000 Words, Is a Word Worth 1000 Features for Design Metric Estimation? 

Kristen M. EdwardsAoran PengScarlett R. MillerFaez Ahmed

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, 144(4): 041402. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053130

Assessing Early Stage Design Sketches and Reflections on Prototyping 

Madhurima DasMaria C. Yang

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, 144(4): 041403. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053463

Do Human and Computational Evaluations of Similarity Align? An Empirical Study of Product Function 

Ananya NandyKosa Goucher-Lambert

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, 144(4): 041404. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053858

Design Automation

Recovering Missing Component Dependence for System Reliability Prediction via Synergy Between Physics and Data 

Huiru LiXiaoping Du

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, 144(4): 041701. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052624

High-Dimensional Reliability Method Accounting for Important and Unimportant Input Variables 

Jianhua YinXiaoping Du

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, 144(4): 041702. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4051982

Efficient Reliability-Based Mission Planning of Off-Road Autonomous Ground Vehicles Using an Outcrossing Approach 

Chen JiangYixuan LiuZissimos P. MourelatosDavid GorsichYan FuZhen Hu

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, 144(4): 041703. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052511

A Subspace-Inclusive Sampling Method for the Computational Design of Compositionally Graded Alloys 

Marshall AllenTanner KirkRichard MalakRaymundo Arroyave

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, 144(4): 041704. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053629

Design of Phononic Bandgap Metamaterials Based on Gaussian Mixture Beta Variational Autoencoder and Iterative Model Updating 

Zihan WangWeikang XianM. Ridha BaccoucheHorst LanzerathYing LiHongyi Xu

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, 144(4): 041705. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053814

Co-Evolution of Communication and System Performance in Engineering Systems Design: A Stochastic Network-Behavior Dynamics Model 

Ashish M. ChaudhariErica L. GrallaZoe SzajnfarberJitesh H. Panchal

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, 144(4): 041706. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053813

Design for Manufacture and the Life Cycle

Optimal Modular Remanufactured Product Configuration and Harvesting Planning for End-of-Life Products 

Jinju KimSeyoung ParkHarrison M. Kim

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, 144(4): 042001. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052389

Design of Mechanisms and Robotic Systems

Development and Validation of an End-Effector for Mitigation of Collisions 

Domenico TommasinoMatteo BottinGiulio CiprianiAlberto DoriaGiulio Rosati

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, 144(4): 043301. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052443

Design of a Tensegrity Servo-Actuated Structure for Civil Applications 

Cecilia ScocciaLuca CarbonariGiacomo PalmieriMassimo CallegariMarco RossiPlacido MunafóFrancesco MarchioneGianluca Chiappini

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, 144(4): 043302. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053283

A Large Range Compliant Nano-Manipulator Supporting Electron Beam Lithography 

Yijie LiuZhen Zhang

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, 144(4): 043303. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053462

DESIGN INNOVATION PAPER

Corrugated Diaphragm Actuator for Soft Robotic Applications 

Veysel ErelAlexandra R. LindsayInderjeet SinghMuthu B. J. Wijesundara

J. Mech. Des. April 2022, 144(4): 045001. doi: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4052625