... Abstract This paper presents a general graph grammar for structure synthesis of mechanisms. Much of current mechanism design is based on a systematic method popularized by Freudenstein, Buchsbaum, Mruthyunjaya and Tsai (among others). Since it relies on algebraic abstractions of graph theoretic...

... of solutions it generates significantly. We show that investing our design attention on the grammar itself can yield dramatic results. Mechanism Design Grammar-Based Design Graph Grammars Epicyclic Gear Train (EGT) Proceedings of DETC'01 ASME 2001 Design Engineering Technical Conferences...

... on in the conclusions. Keywords: Graph grammars, interactive design evaluation, stochastic search, generative methods. 1 INTRODUCTION The primary goal of conceptual design in engineering design process is to generate promising concepts which can act as starting point for further engineering analysis to provide...

... consistently finds solutions within the 99.8 percentile. The implications of this method for conceptual design are expounded on in the conclusions. Graph grammars interactive design evaluation stochastic search generative methods 1 Copyright © 2009 by ASME ASME 2009 International Design...