Solution of Fokker-Planck equation by finite element and finite difference methods for nonlinear systems

Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 445-461

  Kumar, Pankaj ^a   Narayanan, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Finite difference method; Finite element method; Fokker Planck equation; Nonlinear stochastic dynamics; Random vibration

Indexed keywords

FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION; NONLINEAR STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS; RANDOM VIBRATION;

DYNAMICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 33749366407     PISSN: 02562499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02716786     Document Type: Article

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