Stochastic Structural Dynamics Progress in Theory and Applications

This book contains a series of original contributions in the area of Stochastic Dynamics, which demonstrates the impact of Mike Lin's research and teaching in the area of random vibration and structural dynamics.

1. Dynamic Snap-Buckling of Structures under Stochastic Loads 2. Spatial Correlation in Structural Response to Wide-Band Excitation 3. One-Dimensional Waves in Media with Slowly Varying Random Inhomogeneities 4. On Random Vibrations of Structures with Complicating Effects 5. Stochastic Aspects of Structural Dynamics in Aerospace Vehicles 6. Response of Linear Systems to Random Series and Filtered Poisson Processes 7. Application of the Extended Kalman Filter—WGI Method in Dynamic System Identification 8. Nonlinear Response Phenomena in the Presence of Combination Internal Resonance 9. Multiple Response Moments and Stochastic Stability of a Nonlinear System 10. Stability of Flexible Structures with Random Parameters 11. An Algorithm for Moments of Response from Non-normal Excitation of Linear Systems 12. Nonstationary Response of Oscillators with Bilinear Hysteresis to Random Excitation 13. Non-Gaussian Response of Systems under Dynamic Excitation 14. Stochastic Finite Element Analysis: An Introduction 15. Noise Transmission through Nonlinear Sandwich Panels 16. Lyapunov Exponents of Stochastic Systems and Related Bifurcation Problems 17. Random Vibration Application to Soil-Structural Problems 18. Modal Analysis of Nonclassically Damped Structural Systems using Canonical Transformation

T. Ariaratnam (Author) , G.I. Schueller (University of Innsbruck) (Author)