Variations in steepness of the probability density function of beam random vibration

European Journal of Mechanics, A/Solids

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 319-341

  Steinwolf, Alexander ^a   Ferguson, Neil S ^b   White, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

COORDINATE EQUATIONS; FOURIER EXPANSION; GAUSSIAN EXCITATION; GAUSSIAN RANDOM PROCESS; LINEAR MODAL EXPANSION; NON-GAUSSIAN KURTOSIS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 0034156727     PISSN: 09977538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0997-7538(00)00166-2     Document Type: Article

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