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15 - General Engineering

University of Bristol

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Article title

A backwards design process for Mechanical Conceptual Design

Type

D - Journal article

DOI

10.1115/1.4005620

Title of journal

Journal of Mechanical Design, ASME

Article number

Volume number

134

Issue number

First page of article

ISSN of journal

1050-0472

Year of publication

2012

URL

http://mechanicaldesign.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/article.aspx?articleid=1450769

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Additional information

Paper presents new method for synthesizing machine element devices like gearboxes and clutches. Major case studies include double-action worm gear set which was used by European Space Agency to deploy solar array on £1.4B Envisat, which was world's largest civilian, earth-observation satellite, operational 2002-12 [tinyurl.com/gen-eng-22]. Envisat has had major impact in helping to monitor earth's environment and has taken some of the most-detailed pictures of earth ever.

Interdisciplinary

Cross-referral requested

Research group

K - Systems

Proposed double-weighted

Double-weighted statement

Reserve for a double-weighted output

Non-English

English abstract