Numerical discretization of stationary random processes

Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 332-347

  Allaix, Diego Lorenzo ^a   Carbone, Vincenzo Ilario ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discretization error estimator; EOLE; Finite elements; Karhunen Lo ve series expansion; Stationary random processes; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE PROCEDURE; ADAPTIVE REFINEMENT; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; CIVIL STRUCTURE; CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; COVARIANCE FUNCTION; COVARIANCE MODELS; DISCRETIZATION ERRORS; DISCRETIZATION METHOD; DISCRETIZATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MESHES; FINITE SET; GALERKIN APPROACH; ITERATIVE REFINEMENT; LINEAR ESTIMATION; NUMERICAL DISCRETIZATION; PROBABILISTIC ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RANDOM FIELDS; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SERIES EXPANSION; STATIONARY RANDOM PROCESS; STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; EXPANSION; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RANDOM VARIABLES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77955268626     PISSN: 02668920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.probengmech.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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