Moving random loads

Abstract

So far in this book we have assumed that the load was specified in advance, i.e. that it had the form, for example, of a known function of time or of a quantity governed by a known functional dependence (so-called deterministic processes). Sometimes, however, such an assumption is far from reality; under certain circumstances actual loads, no less than the strength properties of structural materials, obey laws that are random to a greater or lesser degree (so-called stochastic processes).