The first-passage problem in a random vibrational system is solved by means of approximations which convert the problem to a first-order one-dimensional Markov process. Laplace transforms are used to evaluate the mean square time to failure.

Issue Section:
Research Papers
Topics:
Approximation, Failure, Laplace transforms, Markov processes
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