Mechanical Design and Simulation: Exploring Innovations for the Future

Duc Truong Pham (OBE, FREng, FLSW, FSME, BE, PhD, DEng, CEng, FIET, FIMechE) holds the Chance Chair of Engineering at the University of Birmingham.  His research is in the areas of intelligent systems, robotics and autonomous systems and advanced manufacturing and remanufacturing technology.  He has published over 600 technical papers and books and has graduated more than 100 PhD students.  He is a recipient of several awards including five prizes from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Automation Congress and a Distinguished International Academic Contribution Award from the IEEE.  He is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Learned Society of Wales, the Society for Manufacturing Engineers, the Institution of Engineering and Technology and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Yaguo Lei is a professor in mechanical engineering of Xi’an Jiaotong University, P. R. China. He ever worked at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow and at the University of Alberta, Canada as a postdoctoral research fellow. His research interests include health condition monitoring and intelligent maintenance, big-data era intelligent fault diagnostics and prognostics, reliability evaluation and remaining useful life prediction, mechanical signal analysis and processing, and mechanical system dynamic modeling. He has accomplished four monographies and published more than one hundred peer-reviewed papers. He is a fellow of ASME, IET and ISEAM, respectively, and the associate editors/ the editorial board members of IEEE TIE, IEEE-ASME TMECH, MSSP, etc. Dr. Yanshan Lou is currently professor of Mechanical Engineering at Xi'an Jiaotong University. His research includes plasticity and fracture characterization, sheet metal forming, lightweight design, crash analysis, etc. His ductile fracture criteria and yield functions are commercialized by Anays LS-DYNA as *MAT_LOU-YOON_Anisotropic_Plasticity. He received the O.C. Zienkiewicz Award in 2019, and the Int. J. Plasticity Young Research Award in 2021. He serves as the editorial board member for Int. J. Plasticity, Int. J. Mater. Form. and Advances in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

• PartⅠApplication of Intelligent Technology to Mechanical Design.- Structural Design and Kinematic Analysis of a Three-Servo-Wheel Omnidirectional Mobile Platform.- Structural Design and Feasibility Analysis of a Double-Rotor Wheeled Wall-Climbing Robot.- Multi-stage Optimization Design Strategy of Composite Box Structure.- Design of Feed Automatic Packaging Machine with Robotic Arm.- A Method for Reconstructing Three-Dimensional Structure of Nasal Cavity Based on a Short-Source Acoustic Tube.- Design of Structure and Control System of All-Terrain Intelligent Agricultural Picking Robot.- Optimization Design of Lifting Mechanism for Disinfection Cabinet Bowl and Basket Based on Multi Body Dynamics.- Research on the Design and Control of Tendon-Driven Dexterous Hands.- Shipboard Lifeboat Design Based on 3D Printing Technology.- Design Method and Characteristic Analysis of an Obstacle Dismantling Robot.- Structural Design of a Two-stage Hand Rehabilitation Exoskeleton.- Mechanical Design of An Exoskeletal Master Device for Upper-limb Rehabilitation Robot.- Scheme Design and Challenges of DNA Sequencing Terminal Equipment Based on Solid-State Nanopore Sequencing.- Key Technology and Equipment for Splitting and Grouting of Complex Geotechnical Bodies.- Structure Design of a Corner Protection Injection Mold.- Design and Realization of Defrost and Icebreaking Device for Cryogenic Connector of a Certain Rocket.- 2-UPS/RRR Ankle Rehabilitation Robot Design and Kinematic Analysis.- Crashworthiness Design of the Lower Support of the Cargo Compartment of Civil Aircrafts.- Design and Gait Control of a Quadruped Robot with a Waist Joint.- Proposal and Simulation of a Wheeled Omnidirectional Wall-climbing Robot.- System Engineering-Based Flight Simulation Device Design Technology and Application Research.- Simulation Design of Non-lethal Hollow Spherical Kinetic Energy Projectile Based on ANSYS LS-DYNA.- Research on the Structural Safety Performance of Front Fan-shaped Energy-saving Duct.- Simulation Analysis and optimization design of Small Microwave Cavity for Passive Hydrogen Maser.- Design and Simulation of EMU Traction Control System Based on Simulink.- Design of Rectangular Part Layout Optimization System Based on Standard Dimension.- Design of Automatic Recycling and Conveying System for Unpacking Tobacco Cartons in Tobacco Shreds Production Line.- Digital and Smart Assembly of Laser Target Designation Based on Digital Twin.- Evaluation Method for Multi-element Design of Civil Aircraft Cabin.- Design of Technological Process and Control System for Multi Station Stacking Equipment.- Fatigue Analysis and Optimization Design of Integrated Functional Coffee Brewing Device.- Machining Efficiency Optimization in Flank Milling of The Curved Thin-walled Workpiece with Target Machining Accuracy.- Design of Electromagnetic Environment Analysis and Simulation Deduction System for Equipment Testing.- A Fully Automatic Material Sorting Device Mechanical System Design.- Design and Implementation of a Modular Underwater Brush-Clearing Robot and its Observation Module.- Optimized Design of Guide Vanes for Vertical Upwelling in Marine Ranching: A Three-Dimensional Numerical Analysis.- Crystallinity-induced Variation of the Strength of Electroplated Copper Thin Film in Through Silicon Vias Interconnection Structure.- Design of Ceramic Conical Cover Assembly Equipment.- Structure Design and Simulation Analysis of a Load Acquisition Encoder.- Structural Design and Analysis of Lower Limb Exoskeleton Rehabilitation Robots.- Optimization and Combination Design of Spray Heads Based on Artificial Intelligence Rain System Test Platform.- Design and Implementation of Intelligent Coupled Rearview Mirror Variable Position Structure.- QFD Based Conceptual Design of Civil Aircraft Landing Gear.- Topology Optimization Design of Circular Saw Blade for Shrub Harvester.- PartⅡAdvancements in Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for Mechanical Stress Testing.- An Analysis of Material Movement Trajectory of Eccentric Vibration Transport Equipment.- Study on Multiphase Flow in Ultrafine Powder Stirred Mill Based on CFD-DEM.- Study on Mechanical Properties of Waste ABS and PBT Blends.- Dynamics Analysis of Marine Gas Turbine Modelled Rotor.- Modelling the Thermal Characteristic Analysis Model of the Machine Tool with External Mechanical Spindle Motor.- Degradation Analysis and Reliability Assessment for Fiber Optic Gyroscope with 3-axis Dependent Degradation Processes.- Evaluation of Measurement Uncertainty for Impact Damage of Metallic Materials.- Topology Optimization of Beam Structures for 2D Problems.- Numerical Simulation of Cycloidal Propeller Performance Based on CFD.- Analysis of the Influence of Preload Loading Deviation of Pitch Bearing Bolt Group on the Contact Stress of Rolling Elements.- Modal Analysis of Mobile Platform of Tea Garden Management Machine in Hilly and Mountainous Areas.- Dynamics Study of Mechanism with Clearance Based on Adams.- Kinematics Analysis and Optimization of Stepping Rotary Three-Dimensional Braiding Machine.- Optimization of Structural Parameters of vortex type coiled tubing drag reduction tool Based on Coanda Effect.- Effect of paddle mode on flow characteristics of a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) using CFD simulations.- Analysis of the Launch Dynamics of All-terrain Rocket Artillery under Ice Conditions.- Dynamic simulation and vibration analysis of rolling bearing with outer ring defects.- Numerical Analysis Model of Contact Stress in the Raceway of Double Row Tapered Roller Bearing under Overturning Torque in Wind Turbine.- Microstructure of AZ31B alloy induced by laser shock.- A Study on the Impedance-Controlled Force Feedback Device Grasping Technique.- Force Simulation and Analysis of Magnetic-Assisted Docking Poles.- Numerical Analysis of Oil Flow Characteristics in Curved Pipes of Aero-engine Lubrication System.- Creep Prediction of Ethylene Vinyl-acetate Copolymer Support.- Lightweight Design for Interval Finite Element Structure with Improved Gray Wolf Optimization Algorithm.- Numerical Simulation of Lock-in Phenomenon of Cylinder-elastic Beam Model Based on CFD-FEM Fluid-structure Interaction Method.- Dynamic Characteristics Analysis of Prosthetic Knee Joint Based on MR Damper.- Dynamic Simulation of Suspension Span Frame under Wire Breaking Accident.- Analysis of Excitation Force on Aeroengine Blisk Structure.- Data Exchange for SysML: A Review.- Study of Computational Model for Closing Comfort of Automotive Door System Considering Work Done by Components.- Biomechanical Analysis of Forward Driving Posture Based on Human Musculoskeletal Model.- Dynamic Experimental Study of Heavy Haul Train on Mountain Railway.- Analysis of Factors Influencing the Tension Change of Electrode Wire in High Speed Wire Cutting.- Numerical Simulation Analysis of Flow Control Effect of Harbor Seal Bearded Model under Different Reynolds Numbers.- Numerical Simulation Analysis of the Flow Control Effect of Harbor Seal Bearded Model under Different Angles of Attack.- Research on Simulation and Flow Characteristics of Liquid Nitrogen Jet Fire-extinguishing Device Based on AMESim.- Optimization of Damping Groove Parameters of swashplate Plunger Pump Based on CATIA Secondary Development.- Simulation on the Back-side Crack of Nickel-based Superalloy with Eddy Current Testing.- Research on Fatigue Life Analysis of Non-standard Socket Welding Fittings and the Influence of the Weld Gap on the Weld Stress Distribution.- Mathematical Analysis on Tooth Contact of the Drum Worm Pair.- Simulation Experiment of Horizontal Disk Type Precision Seed Dispenser Based on Discrete Unit Method for Carrot Sowing.- Part Ⅲ Simulation-driven Mechanical Design.- Stability with Regard to Partial Variables of Stochastic Reaction-Diffusion Systems Driven by G-Brownian Motion.- Vortex-induced Vibration Analysis of a Two-Degree-of-Freedom Circular Cylinder under Pulsating Flow.- Research on Control Strategies of Anti-Surge Systems for Large Centrifugal Fans.- Study on Health Degree Assessment and Prediction for Axle Counter Equipment in Urban Rail Transit.- Simulation Study on Airbag Deployment of an Optoelectronic Buoy.- Performance Analysis of AlGaN/GaN MOS-HEMT based Biosensors.- Simulation Analysis of Energy Absorption Characteristics of Corrugated Beams in Civil Aircrafts.- Magnetic Gradient Method Simulation Study for Signal Detection outside Buried Bimetallic Pipes.- Feature Extraction Method of Rotor Fault Diagnosis in Complex Network Based on Phase Space Method.- The Origin, Development and Innovation of the Software-Defined Telemetry System.- A Fusion Modeling Method for Ball Screw Feed System of Machine Tool.- Study on the Influencing Factors of Underwater Radiated Noise of Fin Stabilizer.- Research on the Effect of Fan Rotation Vibration on Hard Drive Disk Performance.- Mixing performance simulation of an optimized air injector.- Experimental Study on Load-Deformation Characteristics of Bolted Joints under Transverse Alternating Loads.- Construction of Bearing Performance Degradation Indicators for Adaptive Improvement of PCA.- Research on the Influence of Thermostatic Block on the Temperature Uniformity of Thermocouple Calibration Furnaces.- Chatter Prediction for In-process Machining of the Thin-walled Workpiece with Variable Curvature Considering Deformation.- Aerodynamic Damping Characteristics Analysis of Turbine Integral Blade Disk.- Analysis on the Influence of Braking Performance in Different Positions of Heavy Duty Train.- Thermal Analysis and Simulation of Protective Cover for Power Devices of BeiDou Antenna.- Research on Hydraulic Support Handling Device for Rapid Excavation.- Research on Irregular-Shaped Workpiece Fixture Based on Electrorheological Fluid.- Strength Analysis of Transmission Shaft Spline Pair under Wide-area Load.- Fault Diagnosis and Simulation Testing of Electrical Equipment Based on Machine Learning Algorithms.- Research on Sealing Analysis of Engine Cylinder Head Gasket Based on Computer Simulation.- Integrated Importance Measure Method for the Whole Life Cycle of Typical Polymorphic Hybrid System.- Stratospheric Airship Anti-stealth Penetration Operational Effectiveness Evaluation.- Simulation Study on Dynamic Behavior of Cage in High Speed Train with Wheelset Bearing Outer Raceway Flaw.- Thermal Impact Analysis of Brake Discs under Extreme Working Conditions of Trackless Trains Based on Virtual Test.- Meshing Theory and Modeling Simulation of Miniature Archimedean Cone Worm Gear Pair.- Research on Transmission Error of Double Lead Involute Worm and Worm Gear Pair Considering Thermal Deformation.- Experimental Study on the Effect of Temperature on the Resistance of SOFC Stainless Steel Bipolar Plate.- Lane Keeping Assist System Control Model Based on GA-BP neural Network.- The Development and Optimization of a WebGL-based Mechanical Model Simulation Platform.- Fuzzy BPNN PID Control of the 6-DOF Parallel Robot.- Simulation and Experimental Study on Single Abrasive Grain Grinding Process of Carbon Steel.- Cepstrum-guided Empirical Wavelet Transform and Bearing Fault Feature Extraction.