Stochastic nonlinear eigenvibrations of thin elastic plates resting on time-fractional viscoelastic supports

Abstract

– The main objective of this work is to investigate natural vibrations of the thin (Kirchhoff-Love) plate resting on time-fractional viscoelastic supports using the Stochastic Finite Element Method (SFEM). The mechanical behavior of the supports is deterministic and is described by the fractional order derivatives of the Riemann-Liouville type. A subspace iteration method in conjunction with the continuation method is the basis of the numerical solution carried out using the displacement formulation of the Finite Element Method. The probabilistic analysis includes independent Monte-Carlo simulation, the semi-analytical approach, and the iterative generalized stochastic perturbation method of the first two probabilistic moments. Moreover, a corresponding relative entropy and the entropy-based reliability index are contrasted with the First Order Reliability Method (FORM). It has been found that the relative entropy for analyzed eigen-vibrations is some interesting alternative to the FORM methodology in reliability assessment.