... methods viscoelasticity vibrations stochastic processes eigenvalues and eigenfunctions mechanical stability random noise The study of the dynamics of many engineering structures under random loadings, such as those arising from earthquakes, wind, and ocean waves, which can be described...

... MECHANICS . 13 January 2000 13 November 2000 03 05 2002 fatigue random processes random noise Many processes that cause fatigue are not Gaussian distributed. For example, fatigue damage accumulated by normally operating machinery is the result of a finite number...