Probabilistic Structural Dynamics

by Lin, Y. K.; Cai, G. Q.

• ISBN13: 9780071438001
• ISBN10: 0071438009
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-16
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional

Summary

Traditionally, engineers look to established safety factors to build sound structures, but the process is inefficient and often yields less than the desired results. This reference presents a different approach, allowing structural engineers to overcome the unpredictability of traditional modeling systems by developing sophisticated equation sets to solve specific structural problems.

Author Biography

Y. K. Lin holds the Charles E. Schmidt Eminent Scholar Chair in Engineering at Florida Atlantic University. He founded the Center for Applied Stochastics Research at Florida Atlantic University and has served as its Director since 1984. He received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering (Structural) from Stanford University, and Doctor of Engineering honoris causa from the University of Waterloo, Canada. Prior to moving to Florida, he taught for two years in China, one year in Ethiopia, and 24 years (1960-1983) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as Professor of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. He is a Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and American Academy of Mechanics. He has served as a consultant for defense, aerospace, automotive companies, and government laboratories. His publications include Probabilistic Theory of Structural Dynamics (McGraw-Hill, 1967; Krieger Publishing Co., 1976), and over 200 technical papers. He is the recipient of the Alfred M. Freudenthal Medal and the Theodore von Karman Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers, the J. P. Den Hartog Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Alexander von Humboldt Award for Senior U.S. Scientists from Germany. A Registered Professional Engineer in Florida and Illinois, Lin is listed in Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, and the International Who’s Who in Education.

G. Q. Cai holds a joint appointment of Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Center for Applied Stochastics Research at Florida Atlantic University where he received a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. His work has been presented at multiple conferences and published in the Journal of Applied Mechanics, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, the AIAA Journal, the International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, and the Journal of Engineering Mechanics.

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Spectral Analysis

Chapter 3. Evolutionary Spectral Analysis

Chapter 4. Markov Processes

Chapter 5. Exact Solutions for Multidimensional Nonlinear Systems

Chapter 6. Stability of Stochastic Systems

Chapter 7. Approximate Solutions for Multidimensional Nonlinear Systems

Chapter 8. First-Excursion Failures

Chapter 9. Disordered Structures