Interest in the study of random vibration problems using the concepts of stochastic process theory has grown rapidly due to the need to design structures and machinery which can operate reliably when subjected to random loads, for example winds and earthquakes. This is the first comprehensive account of statistical linearization - powerful and versatile methods with related techniques allowing the solution of a very wide variety of practical non-linear random vibration problems. The principal value of these methods is that unlike other analytical methods, they are readily generalized to deal with complex mechanical and structural systems and complex types of excitation such as earthquakes.
- ISBN10 0486432408
- ISBN13 9780486432403
- Publish Date 1 December 2003 (first published 28 March 1990)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Dover Publications Inc.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 446
- Language English