Computational Methods in Stochastic Dynamics

1. Model Reduction and Uncertainties in Structural Dynamics
Gerhart I. Schuëller

2. Resonant Damping of Flexible Structures Under Random Excitation
Steen Krenk, Jan Høgsberg

3. Importance Sampling of Nonlinear Structures Using Adapted Process
Siu-Kui Au

4. Use of Time-Variant Spectral Characteristics of Nonstationary Random Processes in the First-Passage Problem for Earthquake Engineering Applications
Michele Barbato

5. Stochastic Seismic Analysis of Large Linear Structural Systems Under Fully Non-stationary Spectrum Compatible Ground Motion
Pierfrancesco Cacciola, Giuseppe Muscolino

6. Soil Spatial Variability and Structural Reliability of Buried Networks Subjected to Earthquakes
Sidi Mohammed Elachachi, Denis Breysse, Hichem Benzeguir

7. An Efficient First-Order Scheme for Reliability Based Optimization of Stochastic Systems
Hector A. Jensen, Gerhart I. Schuëller, Marcos A. Valdebenito, Danilo S. Kusanovic

8. Application of a Mode-based Meta-Model for the Reliability Assessment of Structures Subjected to Stochastic Ground Acceleration
Lukas Pichler, Helmut J. Pradlwarter, Gerhart I. Schuëller

9. Nonlinear Dynamic Response Variability and Reliability of Frames with Stochastic Non-Gaussian Parameters
George Stefanou, Michalis Fragiadakis

10. The Role of Uncertainties in Aeolian Risk Assessment
Francesco Petrini, Marcello Ciampoli, Giuliano Augusti

11. The Method of Separation: A Novel Approach for Accurate Estimation of Evolutionary Power Spectra
Dominik Schillinger, Vissarion Papadopoulos

12. A Seismologically Consistent Husid Envelope Function for the Stochastic Simulation of Earthquake Ground-Motions
Sara Sgobba, Peter J. Stafford, Giuseppe C. Marano

13. Sparse Representations in Stochastic Mechanics
Hermann G. Matthies, Elmar Zander

14. Auto-parametric Stability Loss and Post-critical Behaviour of a Three Degrees of Freedom System
Jiří Náprstek, Cyril Fischer

15. Probability Based Size Effect Representation for Failure in Civil Engineering Structures Built of Heterogeneous Materials
Adnan Ibrahimbegovic, Jean-Baptiste Colliat, Martin Hautefeuille, Delphine Brancherie, Sergiy Melnyk

16. The Scatter of Eigenfrequencies in Beams Made of Metal Foam
Daniel Schwarzer, Carsten Proppe

Keywords: Engineering, Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control, Computational Intelligence, Computational Science and Engineering