An approximate approach for nonlinear system response determination under evolutionary stochastic excitation

Current Science

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1203-1211

  Kougioumtzoglou, Ioannis A ^a   Spanos, Pol D ^b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Nonlinear system; Stochastic process

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849107320     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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