Assessment of spectral representation and Karhunen-Loève expansion methods for the simulation of Gaussian stochastic fields

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 196, Issue 21-24, 2007, Pages 2465-2477

  Stefanou, George ^a   Papadrakakis, Manolis ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gaussian stochastic field; Karhunen Lo ve expansion; Spectral representation; Wavelet Galerkin scheme

Indexed keywords

GALERKIN METHODS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

GAUSSIAN STOCHASTIC FIELD; SPECTRAL REPRESENTATION; WAVELET-GALERKIN SCHEME;

GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION;

GALERKIN METHODS; GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947629233     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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