The focus of this investigation is on the formulation and validation of a novel approach for
the inclusion of uncertainty in the modeling of the boundary conditions of linear structures …

This paper proposes an analytical stochastic spectral dynamic stiffness method (SSDSM) for
free and forced vibration analysis of plate built-up structures subject to uncertain viscoelastic …

Periodic structures have been attracting a great deal of academic and industrial interest
lately, due to their distinctive vibration and wave propagation behavior, which can be …

Nondestructive damage identification is a central task in industrial applications in, for
example, aeronautical, civil and naval engineering. The identification approaches based on …

Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) are subject to inevit able and inherent uncer-
tainties in their dimensional and material parameters, that lead to variability in their …

A novel approach, referred to as the homotopy stochastic finite element method, is proposed
to solve the eigenvalue problem of a structure associated with some amount of uncertainty …

With the quick development of transportation in China, long span cable-stayed bridges have
been widely constructed to cross large rivers and deep canyons attribute to their unique …

A major challenge in the reliability analysis of complex structures is to determine the
response function or surface from which the limit state function can be established and …

This paper presents a homotopy-based method to calculate the stochastic responses of a
structure under static loads involving uncertainties in materials, external loads, and structural …

Using non-orthogonal polynomial expansions, a recursive approach is proposed for the
random response analysis of structures under static loads involving random properties of …