Stochastic and Non-Linear Vibrations, and Their Applications to Mechanical and Structural Reliability
A special issue of Vibration (ISSN 2571-631X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2019) | Viewed by 3693
Special Issue Editor
Interests: vibrations of machines and structures; non-linear vibrations; random vibrations; stochastic mechanics; composite materials and structures; nanocomposites; mechanical and structural reliability and safety
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The vast majority of practical mechanical components and structures in mechanical, aerospace, civil infrastructure, automotive, green power, and offshore and naval engineering applications operate under complex in‐service loading and operating environments including humidity and high or low temperature environments. Such in-service loadings and operating environments are predominantly dynamic and stochastic in nature. In‐situ in‐service material strength, stiffness, and failure properties possess significant variability and nonlinearity due to damage development and progression such as fatigue. Various key structural and geometric properties and parameters including assembly properties, parameters, and the behaviour of fasteners and joints and structural constraints, and manufacturing- and fabrication-related issues, cause additional randomness and nonlinearity in mechanical and structural systems. Therefore, it is essential and appropriate to model, analyze, and design such mechanical and structural systems based on stochastic and non‐linear frameworks and to use reliability as the design requirement and objective.
Considering this field’s importance and relevance, this Special Issue is devoted to this important field of engineering research. Unpublished and original research works that concern with various aspects of vibrations of mechanical and structural systems, under stochastic loadings or service environments, and/or with stochastic or non‐linear system properties and behaviour, are invited for consideration for publication in this Special Issue.
Prof. Dr. Rajamohan Ganesan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- random vibrations
- stochastic mechanics
- stochastic FEA
- non‐linear vibrations
- mechanical reliability
- structural reliability
- design reliability
- statistical linearization
- equivalent linearization
