Spectral SFEM analysis of structures with stochastic parameters under stochastic excitation

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-294

  Galal, O H ^a   El Tahan, W ^b   El Tawil, M A ^b   Mahmoud, A A ^b  

^a Fayoum University   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Homogeneous Chaos expansion; Neumann expansion; Stochastic excitation; Stochastic finite elements method (SFEM); Stochastic operators; Stochastic structures

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

HOMOGENEOUS CHAOS EXPANSION; NEUMANN EXPANSION; STATISTICAL MOMENTS; STOCHASTIC EXCITATION; STOCHASTIC FINITE ELEMENTS METHOD (SFEM); STOCHASTIC OPERATORS; STOCHASTIC STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 38949181540     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2008.28.3.281     Document Type: Article

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