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... 01 2011 constraint theory design engineering mechanics optimisation sampling methods Due to the wide use of computation intensive tools in engineering design, metamodeling has become a popular approach in recent years ( 1 2 ). Most researchers use metamodels as a surrogate during...

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... 2010 03 09 2010 constraint theory design engineering game theory optimisation plates (structures) probability solar absorber-convertors Flat-plate collectors are most economical and popular among the various types of solar collector systems since they are fixed permanently...

... abstract function structures of mechanical devices and synthesizing geometrically valid configurations. assembling design aids product design constraint theory graph grammars 11 February 2004 01 March 2004 25 03 2005 Contributed by the Design Theory and Methodology...

... was discussed by Kim and Tsai 17 . So far only two singular configurations of this manipulator were found 18 , no other singular positions of this manipulator have been determined. manipulators Jacobian matrices position control constraint theory 27 March 2003 17 March 2004 14 02...

... OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received July 2003; rev. Jan. 2004. Associate Editor: C. Mavroidis. 01 July 2003 01 Jan 2004 28 10 2004 manipulator kinematics machine theory constraint theory A mapping of planar kinematics was introduced independently by Blaschke 1...

..., an engineering example on integrated robust and reliability design of a vehicle combustion engine piston is used to illustrate the benefits of our proposed method. product design optimisation search problems automotive components uncertainty handling constraint theory reliability Recent years...

... for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received Sept. 2002; revised July 2003. Associate Editor: M. Raghavan. 01 Sep 2002 01 July 2003 05 05 2004 robots Monte Carlo methods optimisation constraint theory In recent years, modular robots were...

... by the Design Automation Committee for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received March 2002; revised May 2003. Associate Editor: J. E. Renaud. 01 March 2002 01 May 2003 05 05 2004 product design reliability optimisation probability constraint theory...

... be applied to a broad range of constrained serial chains, which can in turn be assembled into constrained parallel robots. We demonstrate the formulation and solution of the dual quaternion design equations for the spatial RPRP chain. robot kinematics end effectors constraint theory This paper...

.... Herve´ , J. M. , 1978 , “ Analyze structurelle des mechanismes par groupe des deplacements ,” Mech. Mach. Theory , 13 , pp. 437 – 450 . kinematics trees (mathematics) matrix algebra redundancy computational complexity constraint theory The dynamics of a rigid multibody system...

... has resulted in products getting to market faster than ever before. Most designers now use CAD systems exclusively and rely heavily on parametric solid modeling technology such as Unigraphics 1 , I-DEAS 2 , or Inventor 3 . CAD solid modelling engineering computing constraint theory...

.... Associate Editor: G. S. Chirikjian. 01 February 2000 16 05 2002 manipulator kinematics actuators machine control translational states constraint theory Parallel Manipulators Mobility Analysis Singularity Pure Translational Motion Mechanisms which exhibit pure...

... Committee for publication in the JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL DESIGN . Manuscript received Oct. 2001. Associate Editor: J. Rastegar. 01 Oct 2001 16 05 2002 manipulators matrix algebra Jacobian matrices machine theory constraint theory A general-purpose manipulator should possess...