... in this paper. This morphological representation has been employed in several studies [ 3 – 5 ] to reduce the dimension of the topology optimization problem in contrast to the use of the grid-based representation (see a recent work [ 6 ] for example). Approximation-based design Computational geometry...

...-based design Design automation Optimization 31 03 2018 24 07 2018 Contributed by the Design Automation Committee of ASME for publication in the J OURNAL OF M ECHANICAL D ESIGN . Manuscript received March 31, 2018; final manuscript received July 24, 2018; published online...

...) are provided for validation. Approximation-based design Compliant mechanisms Design methodology Optimization The functionality and performance of compliant mechanisms are deeply intertwined with the relationship between the loads acting on them and the deformation of their parts [ 1 , 2 ]. When...

... Approximation-based design Design automation Design optimization Metamodeling simulation-based design Optimization In engineering, computer simulations such as finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) are commonly used for product and process design. However, simulation...

... by the Design Automation Committee of ASME for publication in the J OURNAL OF M ECHANICAL D ESIGN . Manuscript received September 9, 2017; final manuscript received January 8, 2018; published online March 26, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Mian Li. 09 09 2017 08 01 2018 Approximation-based design...

... . Manuscript received September 11, 2017; final manuscript received February 15, 2018; published online March 23, 2018. Assoc. Editor: Mian Li. 11 09 2017 15 02 2018 Approximation-based design Decomposition-based design optimization Design optimization Multidisciplinary design...

... for publication in the J OURNAL OF M ECHANICAL D ESIGN . Manuscript received December 15, 2016; final manuscript received September 21, 2017; published online November 9, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Katja Holtta-Otto. 15 12 2016 21 09 2017 Approximation-based design Collaborative design...

.... Assoc. Editor: Gary Wang. Approximation-based design Design of experiments simulation-based design Uncertainty analysis Optimization In surrogate modeling, it is common to sample a function at scattered points and fit the samples with an explicit function to approximate function values...

... 03 2016 15 08 2016 Approximation-based design Compliant mechanism synthesis Compliant mechanisms Optimization Linear guiding bearings are often required to guide motion of linear voice coil (VC) actuators [ 1 – 4 ] for micro-/nano-positioning since those actuators have no self...

... negatively because it is associated with costs and delays; however, it is also an opportunity for design improvement [ 6 ]. Approximation-based design Conceptual design Design optimization Reliability in design Uncertainty modeling Optimization 03 03 2016 17 07 2016...

... Saitou. 22 12 2015 07 06 2016 Approximation-based design Design optimization Metamodeling Multiobjective optimization Optimization It is common to encounter situations in real-life design problems in which multiple conflicting criteria are to be optimized simultaneously...

... the computational cost. Approximation-based design Decomposition-based design optimization Design automation Design optimization Optimization 02 12 2014 19 10 2015 Contributed by the Design Automation Committee of ASME for publication in the J OURNAL OF M ECHANICAL D ESIGN...

... show that the resulting preference function is a special case of a utility copula function. With this interpretation, we also provide meaningful interpretations for the weights in preference functions to enable their appropriate assessment. Approximation-based design Decision theory Design...