... of ASME for publication in the J OURNAL OF M ECHANICAL D ESIGN . Manuscript received May 5, 2017; final manuscript received September 16, 2017; published online November 9, 2017. Assoc. Editor: Xiaoping Du. 05 05 2017 16 09 2017 Sensitivity analysis Simulation-based design Design...

.... L. Wang. 15 02 2017 25 05 2017 Computational geometry computer-aided design computer-aided engineering Product design Sensitivity analysis Simulation-based design User-centered design Design Rapid advancement of sensor miniaturization and growing sensor network...

... OURNAL OF M ECHANICAL D ESIGN . Manuscript received September 12, 2016; final manuscript received June 7, 2017; published online August 30, 2017. Assoc. Editor: David Myszka. 12 09 2016 07 06 2017 Compliant mechanisms Mechanism theory Sensitivity analysis Spring design Design...

... received January 29, 2016; final manuscript received June 13, 2017; published online July 13, 2017. Assoc. Editor: James K. Guest. 29 01 2016 13 06 2017 Sensitivity analysis Smart materials Design Structures Miura-ori is a method proposed by Koryo Miura of folding a flat...

.... Reliability in design Risk-based design Sensitivity analysis Design 21 07 2016 27 03 2017 Contributed by the Design Automation Committee of ASME for publication in the J OURNAL OF M ECHANICAL D ESIGN . Manuscript received July 21, 2016; final manuscript received March 27, 2017...

.... Mourelatos. 03 08 2016 20 12 2016 Risk-based design Sensitivity analysis Simulation-based design Uncertainty modeling Design Advanced composite materials have found extensive applications in the construction of lightweight body armors and aerospace and automotive structures...

.... , Jouve , F. , and Toader , A. M. , 2004 , “ Structural Optimization Using Sensitivity Analysis and a Level-Set Method ,” J. Comput. Phys. , 104 , pp. 363 – 393 . 10.1016/j.jcp.2003.09.032 [3] Allaire , G. , and Jouve , F. , 2008 , “ Minimum Stress Optimal Design With the Level...

..., 2016; final manuscript received July 7, 2016; published online September 12, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Zissimos P. Mourelatos. 29 02 2016 07 07 2016 Computer-aided design Design optimization Product design Product development Robust design Sensitivity analysis Design...

...Max M. J. Opgenoord; Douglas L. Allaire; Karen E. Willcox Sensitivity analysis plays a critical role in quantifying uncertainty in the design of engineering systems. A variance-based global sensitivity analysis is often used to rank the importance of input factors, based on their contribution...

...-dependent system reliability analysis. Based on the time-dependent system reliability analysis, dominant system failure paths are enumerated and then the system resilience is estimated. The connection between the proposed resilience assessment method and design is explored through sensitivity analysis...

... decisions to design criteria. Optimizing the model then finds the preferred design [ 3 , 4 ]. For some examples of formulating such models, see Ref. [ 5 ]. Design evaluation Design visualization Multidisciplinary design Multiobjective optimization Sensitivity analysis Systems engineering...

...% restoration capability. Fig. 8 BN model for electric distribution system Sensitivity analysis was utilized to identify critical components in the system. Sensitivity analysis was done by observing each failure node and their effects on the top-level resilience node are tabulated in Table 3...

... Committee of ASME for publication in the J OURNAL OF M ECHANICAL D ESIGN . Manuscript received March 8, 2016; final manuscript received June 14, 2016; published online June 30, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Qi Fan. 08 03 2016 14 06 2016 Gear design Gear geometry Sensitivity analysis Design...

... 11 10 2015 Design optimization Reliability in design Sensitivity analysis Design RBDO has been developed using the mean of the input random variable as the design variable. At the same time, the STD of the input random variable is invariant in the conventional RBDO process. Many...

...Babak Dizangian; Mohammad Reza Ghasemi This article proposes a novel ranked-based method for size optimization of structures. This method uses violation-based sensitivity analysis and borderline adaptive sliding technique (ViS-BLAST) on the margin of feasible nonfeasible (FNF) design space. ViS...

... the performance for the PHJM and enrich the optimization theory for parallel manipulators with high velocities and given tasks. Parallel manipulators Robot kinematics Robotic systems Sensitivity analysis Design The PHJM is developed to evaluate the biomaterials characteristics for artificial...

... of a wind farm. In this context, it is important to understand how different natural and design factors impact the energy production and the economics of a wind farm and how these impacts vary with the choice of wake models. Multidisciplinary design Sensitivity analysis Wind energy Optimization...

... Metamodeling Sensitivity analysis Design Extensive research has been conducted over the last decade to improve fuel economy in passenger and heavy truck applications to manage energy dependence and climate change problems [ 1–3 ]. The fuel economy of a gasoline-powered vehicle depends on its engine...

... per element optimization scheme where the storage of filtering weights had been prohibitively expensive. Computational geometry Design optimization Sensitivity analysis Design Topology optimization is a computational technique for optimally determining the shape and connectivity...

... are considered. The identified values are very close to the reference ones, and everything is carried out with limited user intervention and no manual computation of derivatives. Computational kinematics Design automation Design optimization Mechanism theory Sensitivity analysis Simulation-based...