λ-PDF AND GEGENBAUER POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION FOR DYNAMIC RESPONSE PROBLEMS OF RANDOM STRUCTURES

摘要

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.