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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 Hennig, Taylan G. Topcu, Zoe 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. Edwards, Aoran Peng, Scarlett R. Miller, Faez 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 Das, Maria 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 Nandy, Kosa 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 Li, Xiaoping 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 Yin, Xiaoping 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 Jiang, Yixuan Liu, Zissimos P. Mourelatos, David Gorsich, Yan Fu, Zhen 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 Allen, Tanner Kirk, Richard Malak, Raymundo 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 Wang, Weikang Xian, M. Ridha Baccouche, Horst Lanzerath, Ying Li, Hongyi 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. Chaudhari, Erica L. Gralla, Zoe Szajnfarber, Jitesh 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 Kim, Seyoung Park, Harrison 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 Tommasino, Matteo Bottin, Giulio Cipriani, Alberto Doria, Giulio 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 Scoccia, Luca Carbonari, Giacomo Palmieri, Massimo Callegari, Marco Rossi, Placido Munafó, Francesco Marchione, Gianluca 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 Liu, Zhen 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 Erel, Alexandra R. Lindsay, Inderjeet Singh, Muthu B. J. Wijesundara

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