Presidential Young Investigator Award: Automated Mechanical Systems Synthesis

这项研究将产生数值算法的替代公式，这些公式将被整合到概念设计，运动学和动力学分析以及分析/实验机械系统优化工具的软件包中。将开发一个自动化的基于计算机的机械系统“发明者”，在计算机终端生成并绘制受设计者指定约束的候选机械系统。将生成用于分析非线性运动学和动态机械系统的数值有效方法，包括组合，集总/分布参数动态建模方案和多体机械系统的并行处理动态分析算法。此外，将通过开发集成交互式、用户引导、参数优化、彩色计算机图形和综合分析/实验方法（利用在线、计算机控制的原型响应数据采集）的优化工具，实现对指定动态响应的原型系统的系统定维和调整。

This research will generate alternate formulations of numerical algorithms that will be integrated to develop a package of conceptual design, kinematic and dynamic analysis, and analytical/experimental mechanical system optimization tools. An automated computer-based mechanical system "inventor" will be developed that generates and draws at the computer terminal candidate mechanical systems subject to designer-specified constraints. Numerically efficient methods for the analysis of nonlinear kinematic and dynamic mechanical systems will be generated, including a combined, lumped/distributed parameter dynamic modeling scheme and a parallel-processing dynamic analysis algorithm for multiple-body mechanical systems. Further, the systematic dimensioning and tuning of prototype systems for prescribed dynamic response will be implemented by developing optimization tools that integrate interactive, user-guided, parametric optimization, color computer graphics, and combined analytical/experimental methods (utilizing on-line, computer-controlled data acquisition of prototype response).