Abstract: A technique based on the Wiener path integral (WPI) is developed for determining the stochastic response of diverse nonlinear systems with fractional derivative elements. Specifically, a reduced-order WPI formulation is ...

Abstract: A Wiener path integral (WPI) technique based on a variational formulation is developed for nonlinear oscillator stochastic response determination and reliability assessment. This is done in conjunction with a stochastic ...

Abstract: A novel approximate analytical technique for determining the survival probability and firstpassage probability density function (PDF) of nonlinear/hysteretic oscillators subject to evolutionary stochastic excitation is ...

Abstract: A simplified model of the motion of a grounding iceberg for determining the gouge depth into the seabed is proposed. Specifically, taking into account uncertainties relating to the soil strength, a nonlinear stochastic ...

Abstract: A concerted effort was made to achieve broad thematic perspective and geographic representation. This special issue is intended to aid in increasing interest and expansion of the crossdisciplinary field of the quantification, ...

Abstract: This special section of the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems: Part B comprises ten papers related to recent advances and emerging approaches on response analysis and optimization of energy ...

Abstract: A methodology based on the Wiener path integral (WPI) technique is developed for stochastic response determination and reliability-based design optimization of a class of nonlinear electromechanical energy harvesters endowed ...

Abstract: An approximate efficient stochastic dynamics technique is developed for determining response statistics of linear systems with frequency-dependent parameters, which are used for modeling wave propagation through rigid ...

Abstract: The recently developed approximate Wiener path integral (WPI) technique for determining the stochastic response of nonlinear/hysteretic multidegreeoffreedom (MDOF) systems has proven to be reliable and significantly more ...

Abstract: A novel stochastic averaging technique based on a Hilbert transform definition of the oscillator response displacement amplitude is developed. Specifically, a critical step in the conventional stochastic averaging treatment ...