...Koetsu Yamazaki; Jing Han; Takayasu Otsuka; Takashi Hasegawa; Sadao Nishiyama This paper proposes a new tooling system and performs an optimum design on it to minimize the amount of thinning during a forming process of aluminum beverage can end shells. Numerical simulations of the shell forming...

..., it develops edge stress concentrations at heavy loads. The logarithmic profile of the roller results in no edge stress concentration at the low, medium, and heavy loads; distribution of contact stresses is also nearly uniform along the length of the roller. A design methodology for the optimum design...

... parallel manipulators kinematic decoupling optimum design Schönflies motions The robots with varied architectures generate Schönflies motions (alternatively called selective compliance assembly robot arm (SCARA) motions or 3T1R motions), in which the end-effector carries out three independent...

... engineering optimum design structural optimization structural analysis conceptual design computer-aided engineering This paper discusses a structural optimization method using function-oriented elements, which are defined as structural elements that have specific functions based on topology...

... of the new optimal methodology proposed in this paper to achieve the optimum design involves developing a design space that includes all possible basic similarity manipulators. The next step deals with the graphical representation of atlases that can illustrate relationships between performance criteria...