Dynamic Stability of Structures

Wei-Chau Xie is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He is the author of numerous articles on dynamic stability of structures, nonlinear dynamics, and stochastic mechanics. He is the recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award in recognition of his exemplary record as a teacher.

• 1. Introduction; Part I. Dynamic Stability of Structures under Deterministic Loadings: 2. Linear differential equations with periodic coefficients; 3. Approximate methods; 4. Nonlinear systems under periodic excitations; Part II. Dynamic Stability of Structures under Stochastic Loadings: 5. Random processes and stochastic differential equations; 6. Almost-sure stability of systems under ergodic excitations; 7. Moment stability of stochastic systems; 8. Lyapunov exponents; 9. Moment Lyapunov exponents; Appendix A. Maple programs; Bibliography.

Review of the hardback: 'Writing a monograph intended for engineers on advanced applications of stochastic modelling is a difficult challenge: the subject is extremely mathematical and one runs the risk of either writing for a very small target audience of experts or one has to include entire chapters of background material. Professor Wei-Chau Xie has managed to strike a difficult balance between these two extremes.' Journal of Sound and Vibration