Stochastic Dynamics of StructuresISBN: 978-0-470-82424-5
Hardcover
384 pages
May 2009
Other Available Formats: E-book
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Stochastic Dynamics of Structures presents techniques for researchers and graduate students in a wide variety of engineering fields: civil engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace and aeronautics, marine and offshore engineering, ship engineering, and applied mechanics. Practicing engineers will benefit from the concise review of random vibration theory and the new methods introduced in the later chapters.
"The book is a valuable contribution to the continuing
development of the field of stochastic structural dynamics,
including the recent discoveries and developments by the authors of
the probability density evolution method (PDEM) and its
applications to the assessment of the dynamic reliability and
control of complex structures through the equivalent extreme-value
distribution."
—A. H-S. Ang, NAE, Hon. Mem. ASCE, Research Professor,
University of California, Irvine, USA
"The authors have made a concerted effort to present a
responsible and even holistic account of modern stochastic
dynamics. Beyond the traditional concepts, they also discuss
theoretical tools of recent currency such as the Karhunen-Loeve
expansion, evolutionary power spectra, etc. The theoretical
developments are properly supplemented by examples from earthquake,
wind, and ocean engineering. The book is integrated by also
comprising several useful appendices, and an exhaustive list of
references; it will be an indispensable tool for students,
researchers, and practitioners endeavoring in its thematic
field."
—Pol Spanos, NAE, Ryon Chair in Engineering, Rice
University, Houston, USA