Abstract: A semi‐empirical method for the evaluation of the statistical characteristics of the mean, variance and the maximum response peak of a single degree of freedom linear system under seismic action is presented. The nonstationary ...

Abstract: This study presents a new statistical cubicization approach for predicting the stochastic response of offshore platforms subjected to a Morison-type nonlinear drag loading. Statistics of the ...

Abstract: A critical review of the definition of the spectral moments of a stochastic process in the nonstationary case is presented. An adequate time-domain representation of the spectral moments in the ...

Abstract: In this paper, nonlinear systems subjected to external and parametric non-normal delta-correlated stochastic excitations are treated. A new interpretation of the stochastic differential calculus ...

Abstract: A damage identification procedure for Euler-Bernoulli beams under static loads is proposed. Use is made of an integral formulation for the static problem of damaged Euler-Bernoulli beams. This formulation originates from ...

Abstract: This paper presents a nonlocal Euler-Bernoulli beam model. It is assumed that the equilibrium of a beam segment is attained because of the classical local stress resultants, along with long-range volume forces and moments ...

Abstract: It is well known that structural glass members are made by assembling thin laminated panels, which can be connected with different bonding techniques; for instance, with steel devices or with structural adhesives. The ...

Abstract: Random vibrations of nonlinear systems subjected to Gaussian input are investigated by a technique based on statistical quadratization, and cubicization. In this context, and depending on the nature of the given nonlinearity, ...