A general symplectic method for the response analysis of infinitely periodic structures subjected to random excitations

• Main Authors: You-Wei Zhang, Yan Zhao, Jia-Hao Lin, W.P. Howson, F.W. Williams
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Marcílio Alves
• Series: Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures
• Subjects: Infinitely periodic structure; Symplectic mathematics; Variable separation; Pseudo-excitation method; Random vibration
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-78252012000500003&lng=en&tlng=en

A general symplectic method for the random response analysis of infinitely periodic structures subjected to stationary/non-stationary random excitations is developed using symplectic mathematics in conjunction with variable separation and the pseudo-excitation method (PEM). Starting from the equation of motion for a single loaded substructure, symplectic analysis is firstly used to eliminate the dependent degrees of the freedom through condensation. A Fourier expansion of the condensed equation of motion is then applied to separate the variables of time and wave number, thus enabling the necessary recurrence scheme to be developed. The random response is finally determined by implementing PEM. The proposed method is justified by comparison with results available in the literature and is then applied to a more complicated time-dependent coupled system.