Program (as of July 21, 1998)

The Program is given below in HTML format. It may also be downloaded as a PDF file. A Book of Abstracts is also available in PDF form.

Table of Contents

 

General Information

The Fourth International Conference on Stochastic Structural Dynamics (SSD'98) will be held at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana on August 6-8, 1998. This Conference will bring together researchers and engineers involved in stochastic mechanics, random vibration, stochastic processes, structural reliability, stochastic control, and related fields throughout the world. 85 papers will be presented at the conference by participants from some 16 countries.

This is the fourth in a series of conferences that was initiated in 1988 with a Symposium on Stochastic Structural Dynamics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, organized in honor of Professor Y.K. Lin's 65th birthday. Subsequent conferences were held in 1991 at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida and in 1995 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At this Fourth Conference, we again honor Prof. Lin, now on the occasion of his 75th birthday.

Proceedings

An edited proceedings of full-length papers presented at the conference will be published by A.A. Balkema (Rotterdam, Netherlands) in late Fall of 1998.

Conference Site

The Conference will be held in the facilities of the Center for Continuing Education (CCE) on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. Founded in 1842, Notre Dame is a Catholic University offering undergraduate, graduate and professional programs to 10,000 students. Notre Dame's cutting edge research programs cover a broad spectrum of disciplines and build upon her long-established reputation for excellence in undergraduate education. Situated on beautifully landscaped grounds and the site of the famous "Golden Dome," the University offers a scenic multi-cultural environment for students, faculty and guests.

Lodging

Blocks of hotel rooms have been reserved on campus at the Morris Inn across from the Conference Center and nearby at the Inn at St. Mary's. Air conditioned rooms have also been reserved in Welsh Hall, a Notre Dame residence hall built in 1997. If you have not already done so, please use the registration form in this booklet to specify your reservation at your earliest convenience. These accommodations are available from August 5 (from August 4 for participants in the High Performance Computing workshop through check out on August 9.

Transportation

The University of Notre Dame is located approximately 5 miles from the Michiana Regional Airport in South Bend, Indiana, and about ten minutes from intercity bus and train service from downtown Chicago.

Several major airlines serve South Bend with jet as well as commuter services. Your travel consultant can help you plan your itinerary, keeping in mind the accommodation availability dates given above.

If you are arriving by car, exit I-80/90 at exit #77 (the US33/Business 31 "Notre Dame / South Bend" exit). After exiting the toll plaza, continue to the stop light and turn right (south) onto US33. The first light (only a few hundred feet) is Douglas Rd. To go to the Inn at St. Mary's, turn right (west); the Inn will be on your right. To go to the campus, continue south on US33 about one mile to the Angela Rd (the third stoplight after Douglas); turn left (east) and go about 2/3 mile to the first stoplight (Notre Dame Avenue), turn left (north) and find the Morris Inn on your left after about 1/3 mile. Welsh residence hall is located just behind (west of) the Morris. (For additional maps to and of the campus, go to the Notre Dame location page.)

Important Dates

Dec 15, 1997
  • Deadline for submission of abstracts
Feb 15, 1998
  • Acceptance notification
May 1, 1998
  • Papers due (2 copies)
  • Final one-page abstract due
  • Early registration due
  • High Performance Computing workshop registration due
  • Guest Program registration due
June 14, 1998
  • Reviewer comments back to authors
Aug 6-8, 1998
  • Conference
  • Camera-ready paper and 2 copies due
  • Signed Copyright form due
late Fall 1998

Social Program

On Thursday evening, we will have a dinner excursion at Tippecanoe Place, a local restaurant in the historic Studebaker mansion. A reception on Friday evening at the Snite Art Museum will be followed by the conference banquet.

The South Bend Silver Hawks baseball team (a minor-league affiliate of the new Arizona Diamondbacks) has a home game at Coveleski Stadium the evening of August 5 at 7pm (please send us e-mail at johnsone@usc.edu if this would be of interest to you).

Registration Fees

The registration fee after May 1 is $40 for students and $280 for all other participants. (A refund of registration fees will be granted to those who cancel prior to July 15, 1998. A $15 processing fee will be charged for each cancellation.) If you have not yet registered, please use the registration form.

Lunch will be served for all registered participants in the Center for Continuing Education on each of the three days of the conference. The cost of the lunches, dinner excursion, reception, and banquet are included in the registration fees. A limited number of guest tickets will be available for these events at a per-person cost of $15/lunch, $10 for the reception, $35 for the dinner excursion, and $35 for the banquet.

Committee Meetings

7-9pm Wednesday, August 5 IASSAR Subcommittee 1 meeting 106 CCE
IASSAR Subcommittee 2 meeting 202 CCE
IASSAR Subcommittee 5 meeting 200 CCE

Program Overview

Wednesday, August 5
Thursday, August 6
Friday, August 7
Saturday, August 8
 
  7:00-  8:15
  Registration, CCE    
  8:00-  8:30
  Registration, CCE
  8:00-  8:30
  Registration, CCE
  8:15-  8:45
  Welcome, Auditorium
  8:30-  9:00
  Registration, CCE
  8:30-10:10
  Sessions:
F1a, Auditorium
F1b, 104 CCE
  8:30-10:10
  Sessions:
S1a, Auditorium
S1b, 104 CCE
 
  8:55-10:10
  Sessions:
T1a, Auditorium
T1b, 104 CCE
  9:00-12:00
  Workshop on High Performance Computing (part I)
10:10-10:30
 Coffee break
10:10-10:30
 Coffee break
10:10-10:30
 Coffee break
10:30-12:10
  Sessions:
T2a, Auditorium
T2b, 104 CCE
10:30-12:10
  Sessions:
F2a, Auditorium
F2b, 104 CCE
10:30-12:10
  Sessions:
S2a, Auditorium
S2b, 104 CCE
 
12:20
 Lunch, basement of CCE
12:20
 Lunch, basement of CCE
12:20
 Lunch, basement of CCE
  1:30-  4:30
  Workshop on High Performance Computing (part II)
  1:30-  3:10
  Sessions:
T3a, Auditorium
T3b, 104 CCE
  1:30-  3:10
  Sessions:
F3a, Auditorium
F3b, 104 CCE
  1:30-  3:35
  Sessions:
S3a, Auditorium
S3b, 104 CCE
  3:10-  3:30
  Coffee break
  3:10-  3:30
  Coffee break
  3:30-  5:10
  Sessions:
T4a, Auditorium
T4b, 104 CCE
  3:30-  4:45
  Sessions:
F4a, Auditorium
F4b, 104 CCE
 
  4:30-  6:30
  Registration, CCE
 
5:15
  Conference photo
 
  5:30-  7:00
  Reception, Snite Art Museum
 
  6:30-  8:30
  Dinner Excursion, Tippecanoe Place
  7:00-  9:00
  IASSAR SC mtgs
7:00
  Conference Banquet
7:00
  South Bend Silver Hawks baseball game (optional)
 

Each paper is allotted 20 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion. The two parallel sessions will be in the CCE auditorium or across the hall in 104 CCE. Overhead and slide projectors will be available in both rooms; for other audio/video needs, please contact us by July 15. The Welcome session on Thursday morning will be in the CCE Auditorium. Registration will be in the foyer of the CCE. Bus service betwen the Inn at St. Mary's and the campus will be provided both in the mornings and the evenings, as well as to transport us to Dinner on Thursday evening.

Scientific Program

T1a
Non-Gaussian Response Analysis
 8:55 - 10:10
Thursday, August 6

Auditorium

 
Co-chairs: S.T. Ariaratnam and M.F. Dimentberg

Strongly Nonlinear System under Non-White Additive and Multiplicative Random Excitation

G.Q. Cai   Center for Applied Stochastics Rsrch., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, Florida
Y.K. Lin   Center for Applied Stochastics Rsrch., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, Florida
W. Xu   Applied Mathematics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China
Response Statistics of Dynamic Systems under Poisson and Delayed Poisson Processes
S.-L.J. Hu   Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island
Z. Cheng   Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode Island
Z. Hou   Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
Response of Stochastic Dynamical Systems Driven by Additive Gaussian and Poisson White Noises: Numerical Solution of the Forward Kolmogorov-Feller Equation
  S.F. Wojtkiewicz   Aero. and Astro. Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
E.A. Johnson   Civil Engrg. and Geo. Sci., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
L.A. Bergman   Aero. and Astro. Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
M. Grigoriu   Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
B.F. Spencer, Jr.   Civil Engrg. and Geo. Sci., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

T1b
Linearization and Nonlinearization - I
 8:55 - 10:10
Thursday, August 6

104 CCE

 
Co-chairs: R.N. Iyengar and J. Trebicki

Zero and Nonzero Mean Random Vibration Analysis of MDOF Hysteretic Systems Using a Proposed Direct Linearization Technique

L.D. Duval   Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
M.N. Noori   Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
Z. Hou   Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
S. Dobson   Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
H. Davoodi   Mechanical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Some Remarks on Equivalent Linearization of Stochastic Dynamic Systems
L. Socha   Institute of Transport, Silesian Technical University, Katowice, Poland
M. Pawleta   Institute of Transport, Silesian Technical University, Katowice, Poland
Work-Energy Based Stochastic Equivalent Linearization With Optimization Power mu
X. Zhang   Engineering Mechanics and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
R.R. Zhang   Division of Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado

T2a
Stochastic Control
 10:30 - 12:10
Thursday, August 6

Auditorium

 
Co-chairs: W. Kliemann and S.J. Dyke

Reliability Aspects in Actively Controlled Structural Systems

F. Casciati   Structural Mechanics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
A. Cobelli   Structural Mechanics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
L. Faravelli   Structural Mechanics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Tuned Vibration Absorbers for Vibroimpact Systems
M.F. Dimentberg   Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
S. Chen   Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
Vibration Control of Airborne Equipment using a Circular Steel Ring
J.F. Ellison   Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York
G. Ahmadi   Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York
M.W. Kehoe   NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, California
Optimal Nonlinear Feedback Control of Structures under Random Loading
W.Q. Zhu   Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Z.G. Ying   Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
T.T. Soong   Civil Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

T2b
Stochastic Finite Elements
 10:30 - 12:10
Thursday, August 6

104 CCE

 
Co-chairs: G.I. Schuëller and J.T.P. Yao

Stochastic Finite Element Analysis of Dynamically Loaded Rods

S. Du   Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
J.V. Cox   Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
B.R. Ellingwood   Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
A Micromechanically Based Hierarchy of Random Fields and a Stochastic Finite Element Method
M. Ostoja-Starzewski   Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Calculation of Stress Intensity Factors with Fuzzy Loading
R. Muhanna   Civil Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
R. Ballarini   Civil Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
R. Mullen   Civil Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Stochastic Finite Element Analysis of Composite Structures with Random Imperfections
L. Graham   Civil Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
S.C. Baxter   Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

T3a
First Passage Problems
 1:30 - 3:10
Thursday, August 6

Auditorium

 
Co-chairs: J.B. Roberts and J.N. Yang

Pseudo Analytical Method for Stochastic Nonlinear Systems

M. Hoshiya   Civil Engineering, Musashi Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
K. Komiya   Civil Engineering, Musashi Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
A. Sutoh   Chizaki kogyo Co., Ltd, Japan
Comments on Importance Sampling for Time Variant Reliability Problems
A. Naess   Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Adaptive Importance Sampling for Stochastic Nonlinear Systems
M. Hoshiya   Civil Engineering, Musashi Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
O. Taniguchi   Civil Engineering, Musashi Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
A. Sutoh   Chizaki kogyo Co., Ltd, Japan
First Passage Probability Estimates of Multi-Levels by Controlled Monte Carlo
H.J. Pradlwarter   Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
G.I. Schuëller   Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria

T3b
Ocean Structures
 1:30 - 3:10
Thursday, August 6

104 CCE

 
Co-chairs: A. Kareem and Y. Yong

Response of Offshore Systems to Hydrodynamic Loading via Moment-Based Hermite Polynomialization

M.A. Tognarelli   Civil Engrg. and Geo. Sci., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
A. Kareem   Civil Engrg. and Geo. Sci., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Environmental Loads on Compliant Offshore Towers
S. Daneshvaran   Impact Forecasting, Chicago, Illinois
R. Morden   Impact Forecasting, Chicago, Illinois
First Passage and Progressive Collapse Probabilities of Multiple Mooring Dolphin Systems of Very Large Floating Structures in Waves
S. Kato   Ship Research Institute, Ministry of Transport, Japan
M. Saito   Ship Research Institute, Ministry of Transport, Japan
Subharmonic Response of Moored Systems to Ocean Waves -- Part 1: Impacting System
M.F. Dimentberg   Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Inst., Worcester, Mass.
D.V. Iourtchenko   Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Inst., Worcester, Mass.
O. van Ewijk   Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

T4a
Random Vibration of Struct./Mech. Systems - I
 3:30 - 5:10
Thursday, August 6

Auditorium

 
Co-chairs: H.H. Hilton and F. Bontempi

Elasto-Plastic Shear Frame under Both Vertical and Horizontal Gaussian Excitation

O. Ditlevsen   Structural Engineering and Materials, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
N.J. Tarp-Johansen   Structural Engineering and Materials, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
S. Randrup-Thomsen   RAMBOLL, Virum, Denmark
Analysis of Stochastic Systems with Stiffness Degradation
J. Trebicki   Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Effects of Service Inspections and Flaw Sizing Errors on the Reliability of Vessels
F.A. Simonen   Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington
M.A. Khaleel   Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington
The Role of Risk and Reliability in Engineering Education
J.T.P. Yao   Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
C.B. Brown   Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
F.S. Wong   Weidlinger Associates, Los Altos, California

T4b
Stochastic Differential Equations
 3:30 - 5:10
Thursday, August 6

104 CCE

 
Co-chairs: W.Q. Zhu and H.J. Pradlwarter

Stationary Probability Density Functions for Classes of Nonlinear Stochastic Differential Equations with Counting Integrals

C. Sobiechowski   Institute of Mechanics, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
Spectral Analysis of Non-Smooth Dynamical Systems
W.V. Wedig   Institute for Technical Mechanics, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
On the Existence of Maximum Entropy Distributions for Stochastic Systems
S. Wedrychowicz   Mathematics, Technical University of Rzészow, Rzészow, Poland
K. Sobczyk   Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

F1a
Stochastic Modeling of Fatigue - I
 8:30 - 10:10
Friday, August 7

Auditorium

 
Co-chairs: L.A. Bergman and I. Rychlik

Effects of Randomness and Microstructure on Material Degradation

K. Sobczyk   Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
B.F. Spencer, Jr.   Civil Engrg. and Geo. Sci., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Crack Growth in Stochastic Microstructures
S. Arwade   Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
M. Grigoriu   Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
A.R. Ingraffea   Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
M.P. Miller   Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
A Simple Closed-Form Solution For Stochastic Crack Growth Analysis
J.N. Yang   Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California
S.D. Manning   United Analysis, Inc., Vienna, Virginia
Rainflow Matrix for Switching Random Loads
P. Johannesson   Mathematical Statistics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

F1b
Stochastic Stability and Bifurcation - I
 8:30 - 10:10
Friday, August 7

104 CCE

 
Co-chairs: N. Sri Namachchivaya and C. Bucher

Stability of Viscoelastic Plates in Supersonic Gas Flow under Stochastic Axial Thrust

S.T. Ariaratnam   Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
N.M. Abdelrahman   Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
Stability of Nonlinear Rocking Responses to Noisy Periodic Excitations
H. Lin   Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
S.C.S. Yim   Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
Stochastic Hopf Bifurcation of Quasi-Nonintegrable-Hamiltonian Systems
W.Q. Zhu   Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Z.L. Huang   Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Maximal Lyapunov Exponents for General Four-Dimensional Gyroscopic Systems
V.J. Nolan   Aero. and Astro. Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
N. Sri Namachchivaya   Aero. and Astro. Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

F2a
Applications in Earthquake Engineering
 10:30 - 12:10
Friday, August 7

Auditorium

 
Co-chairs: Y.K. Wen and M.P. Singh

Some Remarks on the Drift of Elasto-Plastic Oscillators under Stochastic Excitation

F. Casciati   Structural Mechanics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
M. Domaneschi   Structural Mechanics. University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
L. Faravelli   Structural Mechanics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Stochastic Approach for Damage Assessment Using Neural Networks
M.Q. Feng   Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California
E.Y. Bahng   Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, California
Statistical Analysis of Ensembles of Strong Motion Records
R.N. Iyengar   Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, India
S.K. Agrawal   Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, India
A New Method For Nonlinear and Nonstationary Time Series Analysis and its Application to the Earthquake and Building Response Records
N.E. Huang   Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Z. Shen   Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
M.J. Huang   California Division of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, California
S.R. Long   Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia

F2b
Linearization and Nonlinearization - II
 10:30 - 12:10
Friday, August 7

104 CCE

 
Co-chairs: G. Ahmadi and J.L. Beck

Dynamic Behavior of Duffing Oscillators under a Disordered Periodic Excitation

Z. Hou   Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
M.N. Noori   Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
Y. Wang   Mechanical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.
On the Computational Implementation of EQL in FE-Analysis
H.H. Emam   Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
H.J. Pradlwarter   Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
G.I. Schuëller   Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
Cascade Linearization of Nonlinear Systems Subjected to Gaussian Excitations
G. Chen   Civil Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri
Application of Probability Metrics to the Non-Linearization Analysis of Stochastic Dynamical Systems
L. Socha   Institute of Transport, Silesian Technical University, Katowice, Poland

F3a
Numerical Solutions and Simulation
 1:30 - 3:10
Friday, August 7

Auditorium

 
Co-chairs: A. Naess and S.C.S. Yim

Numerical Solution of the Four-Dimensional Nonstationary Fokker-Planck Equation

S.F. Wojtkiewicz   Aero. and Astro. Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
L.A. Bergman   Aero. and Astro. Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
B.F. Spencer, Jr.   Civil Engrg. and Geo. Sci., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Stochastic Non-Stationary Response by Gaussian Cell Mapping
H.J. Pradlwarter   Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
M. Vasta   School of Engineering, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
G.I. Schuëller   Institute of Engineering Mechanics, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
A Multi-Variate Non-Gaussian Simulation Algorithm
K.R. Gurley   Civil Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
A. Kareem   Civil Engrg. and Geo. Sci., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Response and Reliability of Nonlinear Systems under Stationary Non-Gaussian Excitations
G.Q. Cai   Center for Applied Stochastics Rsrch., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, Florida
Y.K. Lin   Center for Applied Stochastics Rsrch., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, Florida
W. Xu   Applied Mathematics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China

F3b
Bridge Structures
 1:30 - 3:10
Friday, August 7

104 CCE

 
Co-chairs: S. Krenk and J. Náprstek

Dynamic Analysis of Train-Bridge System under Random Excitations

H. Xia   Civil Engineering, Northern Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
G. De Roeck   Civil Engineering, Katholieke University Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
H. Zhang   Civil Engineering, Northern Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
Influence of Surface Irregularities on the Dynamic Response of Minor Highway Bridges
S.R.K. Nielsen   Building Tech. and Structural Engrg., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark
P.H. Kirkegaard   Building Tech. and Structural Engrg., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark
Bridge Piers with Nonconstant Cross Section Subjected to the Random Seismic Excitation
J. Peng   Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
G. Fu   Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Influence of Uncertainty of Vehicle Dynamics on the Dynamic Response of Minor Highway Bridges
P.H. Kirkegaard   Building Tech. and Structural Engrg., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark
S.R.K. Nielsen   Building Tech. and Structural Engrg., Aalborg Univ., Aalborg, Denmark

F4a
Stochastic Wave Propagation
 3:30 - 4:45
Friday, August 7

Auditorium

 
Co-chairs: K. Sobczyk and G.Q. Cai

A Local Solution of Schrödinger Equation by Monte Carlo Simulation

M. Grigoriu   Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
S. Mukherjee   Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Acceleration Waves in Random Nonlinear Elastic/Dissipative Media
M. Ostoja-Starzewski   Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
J. Trebicki   Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Stochastic Doppler Shift and Encountered Wave Height and Period in Gaussian Waves
G. Lindgren   Mathematical Statistics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
I. Rychlik   Mathematical Statistics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
M. Prevosto   IFREMER, Plouzané, France

F4b
Modeling of Environmental Loads
 3:30 - 4:45
Friday, August 7

104 CCE

 
Co-chairs: O. Ditlevsen and B.R. Ellingwood

Approximations for Extremes of Combination of Stochastic Load Effects

A. Naess   Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
J.Ø. Røyset   Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Stochastic Process Model of Snow Load in Japan
T. Takahashi   Architecture, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
Analysis of Non-Gaussian Stochastic Field of Wind Pressure
M. Gioffrè   Institute of Energetics, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
V. Gusella   Institute of Energetics, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
M. Grigoriu   Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

S1a
Stochastic Modeling of Fatigue - II
 8:30 - 10:10
Saturday, August 8

Auditorium

 
Co-chairs: G. Lindgren and R. Vaicaitis

An Application of the Cumulative Jump Model for Random Fatigue

D.J. Kirkner   Civil Engrg. and Geo. Sci., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
K. Sobczyk   Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
B.F. Spencer, Jr.   Civil Engrg. and Geo. Sci., Univ. of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Rainflow Cycles, Markov Chains and Electrical Circuits
I. Rychlik   Mathematical Statistics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
CDM Analysis of Fatigue Crack Initiation under Random Loading
B. Bhattacharya   Advanced Analysis Department, American Bureau of Shipping, Houston, Texas
B.R. Ellingwood   Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Stochastic Modeling of High Cycle Fatigue Life for Gas Turbine Engine Components
D.M. Ghiocel   STI Technologies, Rochester, New York
N.F. Rieger   STI Technologies, Rochester, New York

S1b
Problems in Structural Reliability
 8:30 - 10:10
Saturday, August 8

104 CCE

 
Co-chairs: M. Hoshiya and L. Faravelli

Probabilistic Methods for Structural Reliability and Risk - From Cradle to Grave

C.C. Chamis   NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio
Reliability Analysis of Redundant Structures Subject to Combinations of Markovian Type Loads
S.A. Timashev   Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Treatment of Multiple Design Points in Reliability Methods
S.K. Au   Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
C. Papadimitriou   Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
J.L. Beck   Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Structural Redundancy under Stochastic Loads
Y.K. Wen   Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
C.-H. Wang   Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
S.H. Song   Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois

S2a
Response of Nonlinear Systems
 10:30 - 12:10
Saturday, August 8

Auditorium

 
Co-chairs: Y.K. Lin and M. Grigoriu

Energy and Spectral Density in Non-Linear Random Response

S. Krenk   Structural Engineering and Materials, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Averaging a Nonlinear Stochastic Oscillator
P. Bernard   Applied Mathematics Laboratory, Blaise Pascal University, Aubière, France
A. Rachad   Applied Mathematics Laboratory, Blaise Pascal University, Aubière, France
On Statistical Unilateral Average Scheme
Y. Yong   Ocean Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
G. Gao   Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beijing, China
Extreme-Value Prediction for Nonlinear Stochastic Beam Vibrations using Limited Duration Measured Responses
J.F. Dunne   School of Engineering, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
M. Ghanbari   RHP Bearings Ltd, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, UK

S2b
Stochastic Stability and Bifurcation - II
 10:30 - 12:10
Saturday, August 8

104 CCE

 
Co-chairs: W.V. Wedig and L. Socha

Stability of One Degree of Freedom System under Stochastic Nonconservative Loading with Stochastic Follower Parameter

P. Sniady   Civil Engineering, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
W. Glabisz   Civil Engineering, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland
Stochastic Stability of Structures with Random Imperfections
Y. Schorling   Hochtief, Frankfurt, Germany
C. Bucher   Institute of Structural Mechanics, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Simulation-Based Stability Analysis of Torsional Motion of Slender Bridges
M.D. Pandey   Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
S.T. Ariaratnam   Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
Reliability Analysis of Rocking Responses to Random Excitations
S.C.S. Yim   Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
H. Lin   Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

S3a
Stochastic Structural Identification
 1:30 - 3:35
Saturday, August 8

Auditorium

 
Co-chairs: F. Casciati and J.F. Dunne

Stochastic Spectral Structural Identification based on Measured Response Only

J.B. Roberts   School of Engineering, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
M. Vasta   School of Engineering, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
A Methodology for Treating Non-Identifiability in Model Updating
L.S. Katafygiotis   Civil and Struct. Engrg., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. and Tech., Hong Kong
H.-F. Lam   Civil and Struct. Engrg., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. and Tech., Hong Kong
Improving Response and Reliability Predictions using Measured Data
J.L. Beck   Engrg. & Applied Science, California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, California
C. Papadimitriou   Engrg. & Applied Science, California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena, California
L.S. Katafygiotis   Civil and Struct. Engrg., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. and Tech., Hong Kong
Identification of Linear and Nonlinear Dynamic Systems with Parametric Noises
J. Náprstek   Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Prague, Czech Republic
Statistical Modal Identification using Ambient or Strong Wind Response Data
L.S. Katafygiotis   Civil and Struct. Engrg., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. and Tech., Hong Kong
K.-V. Yuen   Civil and Struct. Engrg., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. and Tech., Hong Kong

S3b
Random Vibration of Struct./Mech. Systems - II
 1:30 - 3:35
Saturday, August 8

104 CCE

 
Co-chairs: M.N. Noori and Y. Fujimori

Application of the Probabilistic Dynamic Synthesis Method to the Analysis of a Realistic Structure

A.M. Brown   Strs. & Dyns. Lab., NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama
A.A. Ferri   Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Stochastic Delamination Simulations of Nonlinear Viscoelastic Composites During Cure
H.H. Hilton   Aero. and Astro. Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
S. Yi   Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological Univ., Singapore
Reliability Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures Based on a Monte Carlo Simulation
F. Bontempi   Structural Engineering, Polytechnic of Milan, Milan, Italy
F. Biondini   Structural Engineering, Polytechnic of Milan, Milan, Italy
P.G. Malerba   Civil Engineering, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
Parametric Sensitivities and Reliability of Bridge Structural Systems
M.P. Singh   Engrg. Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic, Blacksburg, Virginia
S. Thangjitham   Engrg. Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic, Blacksburg, Virginia

Author/Co-Chair Index

(bold denotes session co-chair)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Abdelrahman, N.M.F1b
Agrawal, S.K.F2a
Ahmadi, G.T2a, F2b
Ariaratnam, S.T.T1a, F1b, S2b
Arwade, S.F1a
Au, S-K.S1b
  
Bahng, E.Y.F2a
Ballarini, R.T2b
Baxter, S.C.T2b
Beck, J.L.F2b, S1b, S3a
Bergman, L.A.T1a, F1a, F3a
Bernard, P.S2a
Bhattacharya, B.S1a
Biondini, F.S3b
Bontempi, F.T4a, S3b
Brown, A.M.S3b
Brown, C.B.T4a
Bucher, C.F1b, S2b
  
Cai, G.Q.T1a, F3a, F4a
Casciati, F.T2a, F2a, S3a
Chamis, C.C.S1b
Chen, G.F2b
Chen, S.T2a
Cheng, Z.T1a
Cobelli, A.T2a
Cox, J.V.T2b
  
Daneshvaran, S.T3b
Davoodi, H.T1b
De Roeck, G.F3b
Dimentberg, M.F.T1a, T2a, T3b
Ditlevsen, O.T4a, F4b
Dobson, S.T1b
Domaneschi, M.F2a
Du, S.T2b
Dunne, J.F.S2a, S3a
Duval, L.D.T1b
Dyke, S.J.T2a
  
Ellingwood, B.R.T2b, F4b, S1a
Ellison, J.T2a
Emam, H.H.F2b
Ewijk, O. vanT3b
  
Faravelli, L.T2a, F2a, S1b
Feng, M.Q.F2a
Ferri, A.A.S3b
Fu, G.F3b
Fujimori, Y.S3b
  
Gao, G.S2a
Ghanbari, M.S2a
Ghiocel, D.M.S1a
Gioffrè, M.F4b
Glabisz, W.S2b
Graham, L.T2b
Grigoriu, M.T1a, F1a, F4a, F4b, S2a
Gurley, K.F3a
Gusella, V.F4b
  
Hilton, H.H.T4a, S3b
Hoshiya, M.T3a, T3a, S1b
Hou, Z.T1a, T1b, F2b
Hu, S.-L.J.T1a
Huang, M.J.F2a
Huang, N.E.F2a
Huang, Z.L.F1b
  
Ingraffea, A.F1a
Iourtchenko, D.V.T3b
Iyengar, R.N.T1b, F2a
  
Johannesson, P.F1a
Johnson, E.A.T1a
  
Kareem, A.T3b, T3b, F3a
Katafygiotis, L.S.S3a, S3a, S3a
Kato, S.T3b
Kehoe, M.W.T2a
Khaleel, M.A.T4a
Kirkegaard, P.H.F3b, F3b
Kirkner, D.J.S1a
Kliemann, W.T2a
Komiya, K.T3a
Krenk, S.F3b, S2a
  
Lam, H.-F.S3a
Lin, H.F1b, S2b
Lin, Y.K.T1a, F3a, S2a
Lindgren, G.F4a, S1a
Long, S.R.F2a
  
Malerba, P.G.S3b
Manning, S.D.F1a
Miller, M.F1a
Morden, R.T3b
Muhanna, R.T2b
Mukherjee, S.F4a
Mullen, R.T2b
  
Naess, A.T3a, F3a, F4b
Namachchivaya, N. SriF1b, F1b
Náprstek, J.F3b, S3a
Nielsen, S.R.K.F3b, F3b
Nolan, V.F1b
Noori, M.N.T1b, F2b, S3b
  
Ostoja-Starzewski, M.T2b, F4a
  
Pandey, M.D.S2b
Papadimitriou, C.S1b, S3a
Pawleta, M.T1b
Peng, J.F3b
Pradlwarter, H.J.T3a, T4a, T4b, F2b, F3a
Prevosto, M.F4a
  
Rachad, A.S2a
Randrup-Thomsen, S.T4a
Rieger, N.F.S1a
Roberts, J.B.T3a, S3a
Røyset, J.Ø.F4b
Rychlik, I.F1a, F4a, S1a
  
Saito, M.T3b
Schorling, Y.S2b
Schuëller, G.I.T2b, T3a, T4a, F2b, F3a
Shen, Z.F2a
Simonen, F.A.T4a
Singh, M.P.F2a, S3b
Sniady, P.S2b
Sobczyk, K.T4b, F1a, F4a, S1a
Sobiechowski, C.T4b
Socha, L.T1b, F2b, S2b
Song, S.H.S1b
Soong, T.T.T2a
Spencer, B.F., Jr.T1a, F1a, F3a, S1a
Sutoh, A.T3a, T3a
  
Takahashi, T.F4b
Taniguchi, O.T3a
Tarp-Johansen, N.J.T4a
Thangjitham, S.S3b
Timashev, S.A.S1b
Tognarelli, M.A.T3b
Trebicki, J.T1b, T4a, F4a
  
Vaicaitis, R.S1a
Vasta, M.F3a, S3a
  
Wang, C.S.S1b
Wang, Y.F2b
Wedig, W.V.T4b, S2b
Wedrychowicz, S.T4b
Wen, Y.K.F2a, S1b
Wojtkiewicz, S.F.T1a, F3a
Wong, F.S.T4a
  
Xia, H.F3b
Xu, W.T1a, F3a
  
Yang, J.N.T3a, F1a
Yao, J.T.P.T2b, T4a
Yi, S.S3b
Yim, S.C.S.F1b, F3a, S2b
Ying, Z.G.T2a
Yong, Y.T3b, S2a
Yuen, K.-V.S3a
  
Zhang, H.F3b
Zhang, R.R.T1b
Zhang, X.T1b
Zhu, W.Q.T2a, T4b, F1b
  

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