Stochastic Structural Dynamics 1

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIII

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2. Lyapunov Exponents of Two-Degrees-of-Freedom Linear Stochastic Systems

   • S. T. Ariaratnam, D. S. F. Tam, Wei-Chau Xie

   Pages 1-9

3. Random Eigenvalues and Structural Dynamic Models

   • Haym Benaroya

   Pages 11-32

4. Wave Attenuation in Disordered Periodic Structures

   • G. Q. Cai, Y. K. Lin

   Pages 33-61

5. Modal Analysis for Random Response of MDOF Systems

   • M. Di Paola, G. Falsone, G. Muscolino, G. Ricciardi

   Pages 63-81

6. Linear Viscoelastic Analysis with Random Material Properties

   • Harry H. Hilton, John Hsu, John S. Kirby

   Pages 83-109

7. Nonstationary Response of Linear Systems under Uncorrelated Parametric and External Excitations

   • Z. K. Hou, W. D. Iwan

   Pages 111-129

8. Wide-Band Response of Multiple Subsystems with High Modal Density

   • Takeru Igusa, Kangming Xu

   Pages 131-145

9. On Almost Sure Sample Stability of Nonlinear Ito Differential Equations

   • Frank Kozin, Zhi Yu Zhang

   Pages 147-154

10. Padé-Type Approach to Nonlinear Random Vibration Analysis

    • R. Valéry Roy, Pol D. Spanos

    Pages 155-172

11. Random Vibrations of Timoshenko Beams with Generalized Boundary Conditions

    • M. P. Singh, A. S. Abdelnaser

    Pages 173-192

12. A Survey of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods of Sensitivity Analysis for Stochastic Dynamic Systems

    • Leslaw Socha

    Pages 193-221

13. Stochastic Analysis of Nonlinear Vehicle Systems using a Generalized Discrete Harmonic Linearization Technique

    • Hong Su, S. Rakheja, T. S. Sankar

    Pages 223-244

14. Equivalent Nonlinearization of Nonlinear Systems to Random Excitations

    • C. W. S. To, D. M. Li

    Pages 245-266

15. Chaotic and Stochastic Dynamics for Inelastic Systems with Hysteresis and Degradation

    • C. Y. Yang, A. H-D. Cheng, R. V. Roy

    Pages 267-284

16. Stochastic Earthquake Modeling with Discretized Line Source

    • Ruichong Zhang, Yan Yong, Y. K. Lin

    Pages 285-312

17. Analyzing Nonstationary Random Response to Evolutionary Random Excitation by Complex Modal Method

    • Zhang Tian-Shu, Fang Tong

    Pages 313-326

18. A Stochastic Linearization Technique Based on Minimum Mean Square Deviation of Potential Energies

    • Xiangting Zhang, Isaac Elishakoff, Ruichong Zhang

    Pages 327-338

19. A Stochastic Theory of Cumulative Fatigue Damage

    • W. Q. Zhu, Y. Lei

    Pages 339-356

This volume contains eighteen selected papers presented at the Second International Conference on Stochastic Structural Dynamics, which are related to new theoretical developments in the field. This and a companion volume, related to new practical applications, constitute the proceedings of the conference, and reflect the state of the art of the rapidly developing subject. The conference was held in Boca Raton, Florida during May 9-11, 1990 hosted by the Center for Applied Stochastics Research of Florida Atlantic University. A total of 20 technical sessions were organized, and attended by eighty participants from 12 countries. Special emphases of the conference were placed on two areas: applications to earthquake engineering and stochastic stability of nonlinear systems. Two sessions were dedicated to the memory of late Professor Frank Kozin, one of the founders and most active contributors to the stochastic stability theory. We are indebted to the National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (NCEER) for financial support. Most credit belongs to each of the authors whose contributions were the very basis for the undoubted success of the conference. We are grateful to the reviewers who carefully refereed the contributions for these two volumes. Our special thanks are due to Mrs. Christine Mikulski, who carried out all the necessary secretarial tasks associated with the conference with dedication.

• Strukturdynamik
• development
• dynamics
• nonlinear systems
• paper
• phase
• stability
• structural dynamics

• Center for Applied Stochastics Research, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

  Y. K. Lin

• Center for Applied Stochastic Research and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, USA

  I. Elishakoff

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