Journal
COMPUTERS & STRUCTURES
Volume 161, Issue -, Pages 31-42Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2015.08.010
Keywords
Non-Gaussian stochastic process; Non-stationary stochastic process; Iterative Translation Approximation Method; Karhunen-Loeve expansion; Translation process theory; Evolutionary spectrum
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A method is proposed for modeling non-Gaussian and non-stationary random processes using the Karhunen-Loeve expansion and translation process theory that builds upon an existing family of procedures called the Iterative Translation Approximation Method (ITAM). The new method improves the ITAM by iterating directly on the non-stationary autocorrelation function. The existing ITAM requires estimation of the evolutionary spectrum from the autocorrelation function for which no unique relation exists. Consequently, computationally expensive estimates or simplifying assumptions/approximations reduced the ITAM performance for non-stationary processes. The proposed method improves the accuracy of the resulting process while maintaining computational efficiency. Several examples are provided. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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