Belyaev A.K., Langley R.S. (eds.) IUTAM Symposium on the Vibration Analysis of Structures with Uncertainties

Springer, 2010. 538 p. ISBN:9400702884
Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on the Vibration Analysis of Structures with Uncertainties held in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 5–9, 2009.The Symposium was aimed at the theoretical and numerical problems involved in modelling the dynamic response of structures which have uncertain properties due to variability in the manufacturing and assembly process, with automotive and aerospace structures forming prime examples. It is wellknown that the difficulty in predicting the response statistics of such structures is immense, due to the complexity of the structure, the large number of variables which might be uncertain, and the inevitable lack of data regarding the statistical distribution of these variables.