A bounded,mono-peak,and symmetrically distributed probability density function, called λ-PDF,together with the Gegenbauer polynomial approximation,is used in dynamic response problems of random structures.The λ-PDF ...A bounded,mono-peak,and symmetrically distributed probability density function, called λ-PDF,together with the Gegenbauer polynomial approximation,is used in dynamic response problems of random structures.The λ-PDF can reasonably model a variety of random parameters in engineering random structures.The Gegenbauer polynomial approximation can be viewed as a new extension of the weighted residual method into the random space.Both of them can be easily used by scientists and engineers,and applied to a variety of response problems of random structures.The numerical example shows the effectiveness of the proposed method to study dynamic phenomena in random structures.展开更多
基金The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10332030)
文摘A bounded,mono-peak,and symmetrically distributed probability density function, called λ-PDF,together with the Gegenbauer polynomial approximation,is used in dynamic response problems of random structures.The λ-PDF can reasonably model a variety of random parameters in engineering random structures.The Gegenbauer polynomial approximation can be viewed as a new extension of the weighted residual method into the random space.Both of them can be easily used by scientists and engineers,and applied to a variety of response problems of random structures.The numerical example shows the effectiveness of the proposed method to study dynamic phenomena in random structures.