Abstract: Close approximations to the first‐passage probability of failure in random vibration can be obtained by integral equation methods. A simple relation exists between the first‐passage probability density function and the ...

Abstract: Structural and loading uncertainties, bounded from above and below, are considered within a finite-element formulation to determine conservative bounds for the displacement and force response quantities. Discretization of ...

Abstract: The paper deals with the stochastic response and the reliability of a nonlinear and nonhysteretic single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) oscillator subject to a stationary Poisson-driven train of impulses. The state vector made ...

Abstract: Considering the coupling between the in-plane and out-of-plane vibration, the stochastic response of an inclined shallow cable with linear viscous dampers subjected to Gaussian white noise excitation is investigated in ...

Abstract: Machine dynamics is the fundamental basis for optimal machine design. Based on dynamic analysis of the system special control, damping and counterbalance arrangements can be foreseen, which would ...

Abstract: Local, modal, and overall damage indicators for reinforced concrete shear frames subject to seismic excitation are defined and studied. Each story of the shear frame is represented by a Clough and Johnston hysteretic ...