This paper reviews the mathematical foundation of the importance sampling technique and
discusses two general classes of methods to construct the importance sampling density (or …

This article surveys the research and development of Engineered Cementitious Composites
(ECC) over the last decade since its invention in the early 1990's. The importance of …

Discrepancies frequently occur between a physical system's responses and predictions
obtained from mathematical models. The Spectral Stochastic Finite Element Method …

In the stochastic dynamic analysis of nonlinear structures, the strategy of point selection
plays a critical role in achieving the tradeoffs between the accuracy and efficiency. To this …

In Stochastic Dynamics of Structures, Li and Chen present a unified view of the theory and
techniques for stochastic dynamics analysis, prediction of reliability, and system control of …

This review article provides an overview of the problems pertaining to structural dynamics
with bolted joints. These problems are complex in nature because every joint involves …

sections dealing with fuzzy functions and fuzzy random functions are certain to be of special
interest. The reader is expected to be in command of the knowledge gained in a basic …

Time-variant reliability problems appear in the engineering practice when (a) the material
properties of the structure deteriorate in time or (b) random loading modelled as random …

Stationary systems modelled by elliptic partial differential equations—linear as well as
nonlinear—with stochastic coefficients (random fields) are considered. The mathematical …

Random uncertainties in finite element models in linear structural dynamics are usually
modeled by using parametric models. This means that:(1) the uncertain local parameters …